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𝙄𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙒𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙬
by Xiran Jay Zhao 趙希然
🏆 2024年雨果獎得主
【燃燒少女性命的變形機甲，復仇血恨的鋼鐵寡婦】
華夏男孩都夢想著能納妾駕駛帥氣的變形金剛「蛹」，對抗潛伏在長城之外的機甲外星人。然而每當操作「蛹」便會犧牲一個女孩的性命，官方從未為此提供正式解釋。18歲的武則天主動報名成為王牌駕駛員的小妾，為了替姐姐報仇，她透過駕駛員之間的心靈連結殺死了他，並成為首位活著離開「蛹」的女子。於是，武則天被冠上「鋼鐵寡婦」的稱號...
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 aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall of China. It doesn't 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 she gets her vengeance, it becomes clear that she is an Iron Widow, a rare kind of female pilot who can sacrifice males to power up Chrysalises instead.
To tame her frightening yet valuable mental strength, she is paired up with Li Shimin, the strongest male pilot in Huaxia, yet feared and ostracized for killing his father and brothers. But now that Zetian has had a taste of power, she will not cower so easily. She will take over instead, then leverage their combined strength to force her society to stop failing its women and girls. Or die trying.
ISBN: 9780735269958
尺寸: 13.97 x 2.79 x 20.96 cm
頁數: 432 頁
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作者介紹
Xiran Jay Zhao is a first generation immigrant to Canada from small town China (which, for China, means a town of 4 million people). A recent graduate from Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University, they wrote sci-fi and fantasy books while they probably should’ve been studying more biochemical pathways. They are in a cow suit because they made a promise to their friends 7 years ago that they would take their author photo in it if they actually got published, and they are not going back on that promise. You can find them on Twitter for daily shitposts, Instagram for cosplays and very Extra outfits, and YouTube for videos about Chinese history and culture.
