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. It doesn’t matter that the girls often die from the mental strain. 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. Winner of the 2022 Amy Mathers Teen Book Awardįinalist for the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fictionįinalist for the 2022 Locus Awards for Young Adult Novel & First Novelįinalist for the 2022 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Winner of the 2022 Arlene Barlin Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy

Winner of the 2022 Barnes and Noble YA Book Award

Winner of the British Science Fiction Association Best Book for Young Readers Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award One of Book Riot‘s “20 best science fiction books of all time” Sign up to be the first to hear major news and updates about it! (Cover reveal, release date, ARC availability, etc.):Īn Amazon Editors’ Pick for Best Young Adult & Best Science Fiction and FantasyĪ Polygon Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2021Īn Indigo Best Teen Book & Best Teen Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book (2021)Ī Barnes & Noble’s Best YA Fantasy & Adventure of 2021Ī New York Public Library Best Book for Teens (2021)Ī Canadian Children’s Book Centre Favourite Book of the Year (2021)Ī Cultured Vultures’ “21 Best Books Of 2021” Preorder Book 2: Heavenly Tyrant IndieBound Amazon US Amazon UK Barnes and Noble It is now out in North American territories from Penguin Random House and in other English-speaking territories from OneWorld / Rock The Boat. The series follows an 18-year-old re-imagining of her as she avenges her sister’s murder by an intensely patriarchal military system that pairs boys and girls up to pilot giant magical mecha based on creatures from East Asian myth (Nine-Tailed Fox, Moon Rabbit, etc.), but in which boy pilots are treated like celebrities, while girl pilots must serve as their concubines. Iron Widow is a YA sci-fi retelling of the rise of Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history. The audiobook can be ordered from Libro FM To support me the most, order from Bookshop! IndieBound Bookshop Amazon US Amazon UK Barnes and Nobleįor best practices against capitalism, order from an indie bookstore! (Search on IndieBound)

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