An instant #1 New York Times 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 Shimin, the strongest and most controversial male pilot in Huaxia?. But now that Zetian has had a taste of power, she will not cower so easily. She will miss no opportunity to leverage their combined might and infamy to survive attempt after attempt on her life, until she can figure out exactly why the pilot system works in its misogynist way-and stop more girls from being sacrificed.
| ISBN: | 9780735269958 |
| Publication date: | 14th March 2023 |
| Author: | Xiran Jay Zhao |
| Publisher: | Tundra Book Group an imprint of PRH Canada Young Readers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 400 pages |
| Series: | Iron Widow |
| Primary Genre | Science Fiction |
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An instant #1 New York Times 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 Shimin, the strongest and most controversial male pilot in Huaxia?. But now that Zetian has had a taste of power, she will not cower so easily. She will miss no opportunity to leverage their combined might and infamy to survive attempt after attempt on her life, until she can figure out exactly why the pilot system works in its misogynist way-and stop more girls from being sacrificed.
Iron Widow features in the following genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Science fiction: military, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Adventurers and outlaws, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+, Fantasy romance, Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics
Iron Widow is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook
Iron Widow was written by Xiran Jay Zhao and published by Tundra Book Group an imprint of PRH Canada Young Readers
Iron Widow has 400 pages
Yes it is part of Iron Widow series
