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In brutal Neo Seoul, eighteen-year-old ex-gang member Lee Jaewon is a talented pilot rising in the ranks of the academy. Abandoned as a kid in the slums of Old Seoul by his rebel father, Jaewon desires only to escape his past and prove himself a loyal soldier of the Neo State.
When he wins the best internship in Neo Seoul, he is eager to claim his shot at military glory. But the mission becomes more complicated when he meets Tera, a test subject in the government's supersoldier project. Tera was created for one purpose: to pilot one of the lethal God
Machines, massive human-piloted robots for a never-ending war.
Jaewon becomes Tera's partner, earning her reluctant respect. But as respect turns to love, Jaewon must decide where he stands—as a soldier of the Republic, or a rebel of the people.
Pacific Rim meets Korean action dramas in this mind-blowing, New Visions Award–winning science fiction debut.
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Release date
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9798891781047
- File size: 256853 KB
- Duration: 08:55:06
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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August 7, 2017
Oh debuts with an engrossing SF thriller that combines giant robots, Korean culture, and dystopian themes. In 2199 in the divided city of Neo Seoul, Lee Jaewon, an ambitious young soldier, is recruited to pilot a God Machine, one of the “massive, human-piloted machines of modern warfare” that operate on the front lines of the decades-long Great War of the Pacific. After Jaewon partners up with Tera, who is part of a project to take the God Machines to a frightening new level of destruction, he discovers that the Neo State of Korea holds devastating secrets. Caught between the establishment (as represented by the tyrannical Director), a rebel faction, and an influential criminal syndicate, Jaewon has to decide where his loyalties rest. The worldbuilding and backstory are left somewhat vague, but Oh balances the story’s action sequences with plenty of moral and philosophical quandaries for readers to consider. It’s a gripping, satisfying tale on its own, and the ending leaves room for further exploration. Ages 12–up. Agent: Patricia Nelson, Marsal Lyon Literary.
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