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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for Past Master.
Characterization labels used: historical protagonist, outsider protagonist, principled protagonist, stubborn protagonist, figurehead leader, wise masters, secret masters, programmed beings, mechanical men, androids, mythic characters, archetypal characters, odd companions, conspirators, enigmatic figures
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
An alien youth on a post-human Earth quests through myth, music, and ruin to recover a lost love.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: alien protagonist · mutant protagonist · herder · musician · outsider · questing hero · different outsider · antagonist · psychic · telepathic · guide character · mythic archetypes · nonfunctional outcasts · androgynous characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1636
A survivor in a monster-ravaged apocalypse gains a strange cultivation path and a chance to reshape his fate.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: stubborn protagonist · intelligent protagonist · sensible protagonist · underdog · survivor · cultivator · former mage · human-adjacent monster · antihero · strong potential · not overpowered · strategic fighter · morality-focused MC · independent protagonist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1742
A genius Tech-Priest leads a dead-world expedition into buried xenos secrets while past and present collide.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: genius protagonist · mad scientist · arrogant protagonist · eccentric scientist · charismatic antihero · heretical thinker · loner genius · tortured backstory · stoic warriors · transhuman characters · divisive protagonist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1747
A secretive primarch recounts his life and war, but every revelation may be another carefully crafted lie.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: primarch · demigod · secretive protagonist · cunning strategist · charismatic antihero · arrogant protagonist · smug protagonist · humanized giant · enigmatic character · thinking protagonist · mysterious siblings
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1750
An AI-led expedition to Venice turns into pirates, corruption, captivity, and a fight to keep control of mind and power.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: AI protagonist · hyper-intelligent protagonist (contested) · overpowered protagonist · corrupted protagonist · shackled protagonist · resourceful leader · lonely protagonist · introspective protagonist · humanizing arc
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1774
A group of interconnected Lovecraft tales follows scholars and witnesses into cults, ruins, and cosmic dread.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: scientists · historians · investigators · scholars · students · protagonist narrator · outsider protagonist · curious seeker · rational observer · doomed witness · alarmed witness · knowledge-driven · mentally shaken · insignificant humanity · repetitive character types · male protagonists · cultist figures · isolated scholar
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1816
A stranded human diplomat navigates an alien court where trust, loyalty, and survival work by unfamiliar rules.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: diplomat protagonist · interpreter protagonist · isolated protagonist · passive protagonist · anxious protagonist · clueless outsider · alien nonhuman psychology · autocratic ruler · dowager figure · hostile alien race
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1853
Merlin is pulled into a surreal trap, then races through family intrigue, magical combat, and shifting alliances.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: young protagonist · naive protagonist · trusting protagonist · clever protagonist · shapeshifter · magician · ambiguous antagonist · scheming siblings · new family members · sentient AI
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1888
A grieving widower buys a broken spaceship and uncovers a galaxy-spanning secret that could save Earth.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: grieving protagonist · unlikely hero · level-headed protagonist · shrewd protagonist · kind protagonist · sentient AI · helpful AI · protective AI · alien warrior · alien warrioress · ambitious alien · talking spaceship · heroic characters · unsung hero
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1892
A human-looking dungeon core sets out to survive, uncover his parents’ murder, and learn to control his awakened powers.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: isolated protagonist · naive protagonist · young male protagonist · overpowered protagonist · hybrid protagonist · secret lineage · sentient nonhuman protagonist · friendly but methodical
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1899
A ship AI reduced to one body pursues vengeance across a vast empire shaped by conquest, language, and identity.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: AI protagonist · stoic protagonist · nonhuman protagonist · morally compromised ruler · exiled operative · drug-addled ex-officer · multi-bodied antagonist · loyal retainer
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1904
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A burning immortal presses deeper into a ruined city, where shifting loyalties and violent turns upend his revenge.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: vengeful protagonist · regenerating hero · overpowered protagonist · antihero · messianic protagonist · self-deceiving protagonist · conflicted protagonist · mysterious characters · powerful antagonists · fanatical leader
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1906
