It seems her uncle is more than he says he is. The nitty-gritty: Come for the thrilling mecha battles, stay for the cute romance Hard Reboot was a lot of fun You might expect from looking at the cover that the story is chock full. Soon Alice finds herself INSIDE the book, and the only way out is to defeat the creature imprisoned within. Hard Reboot by Django Wexler Published by Tor.com on Genres: Adult, Science fiction Pages: 160 Format: ARC Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads. Especially if you're a reader to begin with. And even for a rule-follower, when a talking cat sneaks you into a forbidden library and introduces you to an arrogant boy who dares you to open a book, it's hard to resist. He lives in an enormous manor with a massive library that is off-limits to Alice. When Alice's father goes down in a shipwreck, she is sent to live with her uncle Geryon-an uncle she's never heard of and knows nothing about.

That-along with everything else-changed the day she met her first fairy Though this stands alone, readers would surely welcome further adventures featuring the unlikely duo of Kas and Zhi.The Forbidden Library kicks off an action-packed fantasy series with classic appeal, a resourceful heroine, a host of magical creatures, and no shortage of narrow escapes-perfect for fans of Story Thieves, Coraline, Inkheart, and Harry PotterĪlice always thought fairy tales had happy endings. Wexler takes a sardonic tone in his descriptions of future Earth as a planet where the physical and virtual landscapes are littered with toxic waste, but the inhabitants still foster a sense of community and cheerful disdain for their wealthy off-world visitors. The alternative would be to stay with her faculty colleagues and surreptitiously complete assignments on behalf of their lazy but socially prominent prize pupil, who prefers visiting the local brothels to studying. To regain her purse, Kas must use her knowledge of ancient tech to help Zhi prepare a secretly salvaged Third Empire warbot for a return bout with Zhi’s nemesis.

Scholar Zychtykas Three (“Kas to her friends, of which she had none”) is part of an academic visit to Old Earth, where she’s conned into betting away her academy’s money by Zhi Zero, a robot pilot. Fantasy writer Wexler ( Siege of Rage and Ruin) envisions a future of robotic melees in a short sci-fi novel that’s long on mecha action and character development.

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