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“Super-charged with electrifying action, mind-blowing twists, and timely commentary.” —Xiran Jay Zhao, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Iron Widow
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes the first book in the dystopian Strangleloom trilogy, an “adrenaline-fueled mystery” (School Library Journal, starred review) in which humanity has moved to virtual reality to flee their deteriorating world, following two young soldiers who must depend on unlikely allies in their fight for survival.
The future is loading…
To escape rising seas and rampant epidemics, most of society lives “upcountry” in glistening virtual reality, while those who can’t afford the subscription are forced to remain in crumbling “downcountry.”
But upcountry isn’t perfect. A cold war rages between two powerful nations, Medaluo and Atahua—and no one suffers for it more than the Medan orphans in Atahua. Their enrollment at Nile Military Academy is mandatory. Either serve as a soldier, or risk being labelled a spy.
Eirale graduated the academy and joined NileCorp’s private forces downcountry, exactly as she was supposed to. Then Atahua’s most wanted anarchist frames her for assassinating a government official, and she’s given a choice: cooperate with him to search for a dangerous program in Medaluo or go down for treason.
Meanwhile, Lia is finishing her last year upcountry at Nile Military Academy. Paired with her academic nemesis for their final assignment, Lia is determined to beat him for valedictorian and prove her worth. But there may be far more at stake when their task to infiltrate Medaluo and track down an Atahuan traitor goes wrong…
Though Eirale and Lia tear through Medaluo on different planes of reality, the two start to suspect they are puzzle pieces in a larger conspiracy—and the closer they get to the truth, the closer their worlds come to a shattering collision.
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This reminded me a little bit of Ready Player One, in terms of the whole virtual reality plane and then the real-world plane. For most of this book it felt slow. I would be sitting deep reading for an hour or so and would only finish maybe 20 pages, typically I'm a faster reader so I did feel like the book was 800+ pages at times because of how it dragged. This book dragged so much until that last 20ish percent. It felt like very little happened until everything happened in the last 20% and then it ends on a cliffhanger. I will for sure read book 2 if it ever gets published but this was like dragging and slow until bam everything.
Thank you Netgalley and Hodder &Stoughton for my ARC copy. I knew i had to request this when I saw Chloe Gong had a new book. I decided to start it just before bed and did I need sleep?? Possibly. Did I get any?? No. But I did find possibly my favourite book of the year. One of my favourite Games is Cyberpunk and from the get go this gave off all the cyberpunk vibes. I would very highly recommend this to everyone.