Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant robots that battle aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall of China, no matter that the girls 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 when it becomes clear that she is an Iron Widow, a rare kind of female pilot who can sacrifice males to power up Chrysalises instead, she determines to use her and her male partner's combined strength to force her society to stop failing its women and girls. Or die trying.

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.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780735269934
ISBN 10	0735269939
Title	Iron Widow
Author	Xiran Jay Zhao
Series	Iron Widow Ser
Condition	Unavailable
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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