Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event originally created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we are all eagerly anticipating. Jill has been MIA since August of 2016. Despite this, the meme lives on….Hope you come back Jill! Until then I will be joining Tressa at Wishful Endings and her meme Can’t-Wait Wednesday.
This week I’m excitedly anticipating Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh, a new sci-fi dystopia. I love dystopians! It’s my usual go-to read, especially if I’m in a reading funk or I’ve read a lot of one genre recently. I love survival stories. This particular story looks like it will explore an ongoing war/rebellion and is also set in an Asian culture. I can’t wait to get my hands on it!
Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh Published by Tu Books on 2017-09-15
Length: 400 pages
EAST ASIA, 2199. After a great war, the East Pacific is in ruins. In brutal Neo Seoul, where status comes from success in combat, ex-gang member Lee Jaewon is a talented pilot rising in the academy's ranks. Abandoned as a child in the slums of Old Seoul by his rebel father, Jaewon desires only to escape his past.
When Jaewon is recruited into the most lucrative weapons development division in Neo Seoul, he is eager to claim his best 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 trained for one purpose: to pilot one of the lethal God Machines, massive robots for a never-ending war.
With secret orders to report on Tera, Jaewon becomes Tera's partner, earning her reluctant respect. But as respect turns to love, Jaewon begins to question his loyalty to an oppressive regime that creates weapons out of humans. As the project prepares to go public amidst rumors of a rebellion, 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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I don’t read a lot of dystopians but I think you may have sold me with Pacific Rim. Although maybe I’m just thinking of Charlie Hunan. Either way, this is one I might consider picking up.
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Charlie Hunan ?
This certainly sounds like it would be a great read. Nice choice!
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I love the play on words with that title! Great pick!
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