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Let’s Not Ship Toxic Men

Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

July 7, 2025 by Debcapsfan Leave a Comment

Heavenly Tyrant, the sequel to Iron Widow, picks up immediately after the first book finishes, and the long ago Emperor Qin Zheng is awake now and won’t be dying of the plague he was certainly dying from. He is immediately accepted as the ruler of Huaxia, and has absolute power. Zetian marries him, and they implement what seems to have parallels to the rise of Communist China and Mao Zedong. He strips wealthy folks of their lands to redistribute and he imprisons and executes many […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Chinese history, mechas, Xiran Jay Zhao

Debcapsfan's CBR17 Review No:2 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Chinese history, mechas, Xiran Jay Zhao ·
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CBR BINGO – ASIA/OCEANIA: A total and complete confusion DNF.

The Archive Undying (Downworld Sequence, #1) by Emma Mieko Candon

September 25, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. – – – Firstly, here’s the extremely intriguing synopsis from Goodreads: “War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying , national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon’s bold entry into the world of mecha fiction. WHEN AN AI DIES, ITS CITY DIES WITH IT WHEN A CITY FALLS, IT LEAVES A CORPSE BEHIND WHEN THAT CORPSE RUNS OFF, ONLY DEVOTION CAN BRING IT BACK When the robotic […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, A.I., ARCs, audiobooks, cbr15bingo, Emma Mieko Candon, LGBTQIA, mechas, narfna, robots, sci-fi, The Archive Undying

narfna's CBR15 Review No:89 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, A.I., ARCs, audiobooks, cbr15bingo, Emma Mieko Candon, LGBTQIA, mechas, narfna, robots, sci-fi, The Archive Undying ·
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