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Alita: Battle Angel—Iron City
- Author
- Pat Cadigan
- Narrator
- Brian Nishii
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 20 November 2018
- Run Time
- 8 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The official prequel novel to the highly anticipated film
A long time ago there was the Great War. The reasons for the war have been lost to time. On the shattered surface of the Earth, there is a metropolis that lives amidst the garbage thrown down from the inhabitants of a sky city floating above it. Welcome to Iron City.
A lonely doctor specializing in cyborg repair, Ido, is doing his best to help the citizens of Iron City. But Ido has a double life, another persona born from the pieces of his broken heart.
Hugo, a young man surviving on a life of crime, spots the ultimate steal: an object that will unearth secrets from his own past.
And Vector, the most powerful businessman in the city, has his sights set on a new technology that will change the future of Iron City forever …
Critics Review
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“Pyrotechnic style and intensely detailed descriptions of cyberspace…[A] well-done example of cyberpunk noir.”
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Details
- Author
- Pat Cadigan
- Narrator
- Brian Nishii
- Duration
- 8 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 November 2018
- ISBN
- 9781538534243
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Science fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Science fiction: cyberpunk / biopunk
Synopsis
The official prequel novel to the highly anticipated filmA long time ago there was the Great War. The reasons for the war have been lost to time. On the shattered surface of the Earth, there is a metropolis that lives amidst the garbage thrown down from the inhabitants of a sky city floating above it. Welcome to Iron City.A lonely doctor specializing in cyborg repair, Ido, is doing his best to help the citizens of Iron City. But Ido has a double life, another persona born from the pieces of his broken heart.Hugo, a young man surviving on a life of crime, spots the ultimate steal: an object that will unearth secrets from his own past.And Vector, the most powerful businessman in the city, has his sights set on a new technology that will change the future of Iron City forever …
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