Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

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.

XIRAN JAY ZHAO is a first-gen immigrant from small-town China who was raised by the Internet​. A recent graduate of Vancouver's Simon Fraser University, they wrote science fiction and fantasy while they probably should have been studying more about biochemical pathways. You can find them on Twitter for memes, Instagram for cosplays and fancy outfits, and YouTube for long videos about Chinese history and culture. Iron Widow is their first novel.

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ISBN 13	9780735269934
ISBN 10	0735269939
Title	Iron Widow
Author	Xiran Jay Zhao
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Prentice Hall Press
Year published	2021-09-21
Number of pages	384
Prizes	Winner of Amy Mathers Teen Book Award 2022, Winner of Arlene Barlin Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022, Winner of Barnes & Noble Children's & YA Book Awards - Young Adult 2022, Winner of British Science Fiction Association Award 2021, Winner of Green Mountain Book Award 2023, Short-listed for Aurora Award - Best YA Novel 2022, Short-listed for Locus Award for Fantasy Novel 2022, Short-listed for Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Book Award., Nominated for GoodReads Choice Award 2021, Nominated for Nebula Award 2021
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