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Raymond E. Feist

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Premise labels used: dark realm, parallel worlds, invasion threat, mage quest, alien culture, war preparation, world-saving mission, realm traversal

Setting labels used: Midkemia, Kelewan, Dasati world, second realm, another plane, lower planes, fictional fantasy world, multi-realm reality, high fantasy setting

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At the Gates of Darkness

Raymond E. Feist · 2010 · The Demonwar Saga

Pug and his allies race to stop a renewed demon invasion while uncovering secrets that could reshape Midkemia.

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Premise labels: demon invasion · portal threat · world defense · magical war · race against time · hidden attack point · old enemies return · clandestine protectors

Setting labels: Midkemia · Krondor · demon realm · alternate worlds · multiple realms · interconnected universe · fantasy world

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Rides a Dread Legion

Raymond E. Feist · 2009 · The Demonwar Saga

A long-running fantasy saga spins up a new demon war as old heroes, new elves, and shifting loyalties collide.

Why this is here

Premise labels: demon invasion · world under threat · lost race returns · portal invasion · parallel worlds · final battle · escalating evil · homecoming conflict

Setting labels: Midkemia · fantasy world · other dimensions · parallel worlds · refugee homecoming · besieged world · imaginary place · connected worlds

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Distance: 0.1625

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Dragon Wing

Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman · 1991 · The Death Gate Cycle

An assassin’s mission in a sky realm opens onto a fractured world of rival races, magic, and rebellion.

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Premise labels: sundered world · split realms · resource scarcity · assassin mission · political intrigue · revolution · realm-crossing

Setting labels: floating islands · sky realm · tiered world · imaginary place · post-apocalyptic world · multi-realm world · elemental realms

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Split Infinity

Piers Anthony · 1987 · Apprentice Adept

A serf-gamesman escapes assassination by moving between a high-tech world and a magic realm where his double has died.

Why this is here

Premise labels: parallel worlds · dual worlds · science vs magic · alternate self · identity swap · games competition · survival quest · assassination threat · cross-world escape · double life

Setting labels: distant future · alternate reality · domed city · high-tech world · magic realm · planetary setting · parallel universe · science-fantasy world · fictional planets

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Distance: 0.1712

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The Tenth Realm

Michael Chatfield · 2022 · Ten Realms

As the lost Tenth Realm awakens, allies must unite, ascend, and fight a realm-spanning invasion.

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Premise labels: realm ascent · final battle · realm defense · endgame threat · band together · power climb · cultivation conflict · war against invaders

Setting labels: secondary world · multi-realm setting · cultivation world · war-torn world · imperial politics · cities and nations · dungeon-like towers · science-fantasy hybrid

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Distance: 0.1721

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The Sword of Shannara Trilogy

Terry Brooks · 2002 · The Original Shannara Trilogy

A fantasy trilogy of linked quests in the Four Lands, where successive heirs battle rising evil with magic and courage.

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Premise labels: quest fantasy · save the world · forbidden evil · artifact quest · heroic mission · inherited magic

Setting labels: secondary world · distant future Earth · imaginary place · medievalized future · Four Lands · wasteland · fantasy realm

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Distance: 0.1725

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Blue Adept

Piers Anthony · 1987 · Apprentice Adept

A serf-turned-adept shuttles between rival worlds, battling assassins, contests, and divided loyalties to survive.

Why this is here

Premise labels: parallel worlds · portal fantasy · dual life · tournament quest · assassination threat · hidden identity · magic vs technology

Setting labels: parallel worlds · futuristic society · magic world · domed city · alternate reality · competitive arena · imaginary places

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The Hand of Chaos

Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman · 1993 · The Death Gate Cycle

Back in the first world, Haplo faces collapsing loyalties, returning enemies, and a looming endgame across the realms.

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Premise labels: return journey · world reunion · faction conflict · enemy infiltration · betrayal dilemma · quest continuation · endgame setup · power struggle

Setting labels: secondary world · multiworld setting · air realm · first world return · Labyrinth · Nexus · fictional universe · post-sundering world · political fantasy setting

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Distance: 0.1767

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He Who Fights with Monsters 2

Shirtaloon · 2021 · He Who Fights with Monsters

An outworld adventurer and his new team face trials, cult threats, and rising conflicts in a game-like fantasy world.

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Premise labels: outworlder hero · adventurer team · interdimensional quest · contests and trials · power progression · city intrigue · cult threat

Setting labels: fantasy world · interdimensional realm · alternate reality · astral space · city setting · contested world

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The Knight of the Swords

Michael Moorcock · 1971 · Corum

A maimed prince of a dying race takes magical relics and hunts a Chaos lord in a bleak multiverse quest.

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Premise labels: last of a race · revenge quest · quest fantasy · vengeance saga · quest for artifact · restoring balance · god hunt · world in decline · alien protagonist · elder race versus humans

Setting labels: multiverse · multiple planes · alternate reality · mythic fantasy · apocalyptic world · declining world · ancient world · castle setting · otherworldly realms · cosmic conflict · gods active

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The Wounded Land

Stephen R. Donaldson · 1997 · The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

A damaged hero returns to a ravaged fantasy realm and, with a doctor’s help, must confront a new curse and old despair.

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Premise labels: return to fantasy realm · time jump · corrupted world · save the land · quest · reluctant hero · chosen healer · battle evil · magical power

Setting labels: secondary world · alternate world · fantasy realm · time dilation · post-catastrophe · corrupted landscape · desolate land · magical ecology · real world crossover

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Stormbringer

Michael Moorcock · 1965 · The Elric Saga

A doomed albino sorcerer must wield his soul-drinking sword to save his wife and face a world-ending war of Chaos and Law.

Why this is here

Premise labels: doomed hero · final quest · rescue mission · world-ending conflict · cosmic struggle · fated protagonist · sword quest · apocalyptic stakes · balance of powers · artifact retrieval

Setting labels: secondary world · fantasy world · multiverse · alternate planes · other dimensions · apocalyptic setting · mythic past · distant past · world at war · imaginary place

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