Iron Widow

Science Fiction And East Asian Myth Combine In This Dazzling Retelling Of The Rise Of Wu Zetian, The Only Female Emperor In Chinese History The Boys Of Huaxia Dream Of The Celebrity Status That Comes With Piloting Chrysalises – Giant Transforming Robots That Battle The Aliens Beyond The Great Wall. No One Cares That Their Female Co-pilots Must Serve As Concubines And Sacrifice Their Lives. When 18-year-old Zetian Offers Herself Up As A Concubine-pilot, Her Plan Is To Assassinate The Man Responsible For Her Sister’s Death. But On Miraculously Emerging From The Cockpit Unscathed After Her First Battle, She Has A New Plan. The Time Has Come To Overturn The Entire Patriarchal Military System.