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I have no faith in love.
Love will not save me.
I choose vengeance.

In Huaxia, boys and girls are paired to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots built to defend the empire from alien invaders. The boys are celebrated as heroes. The girls? Disposable. Expected to serve, to suffer, and often to die.

Eighteen-year-old Zetian volunteers to become a concubine-pilot with one goal: to kill the star pilot responsible for her sister’s death. But when she survives a battle no girl should survive, Zetian realises vengeance isn’t enough.

She wants to change the system.

A fierce, feminist sci-fi epic inspired by the rise of Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history. Explosive, unforgettable, and impossible to put down.