Iron Widow

Xiran Jay Zhao

eBook - 2021

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller!A USA Today bestseller!Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers.The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn't matter that the girls often die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. But she gets her vengeance in a way nobody expected—she kills him through the psychic link between pilots and emerges from the cockpit unscathed. She is labeled an Iron Widow, a much-...feared and much-silenced kind of female pilot who can sacrifice boys to power up Chrysalises instead.​ To tame her unnerving yet invaluable mental strength, she is paired up with Li...

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Published
Tundra Book Group
Language
English
Main Author
Xiran Jay Zhao
Online Access
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Format
Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ASINB08RHFDDD5
Release Date9/21/2021
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780735269941
Release Date9/21/2021