Coldwire

Resumen del libro

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.

Biografía del autor

Es la autora de Placeres violentos y su conclusión, Finales violentos, ambos éxitos de venta de The New York Times. Vil Dama de la Fortuna es el primer libro de una nueva y cautivadora biología protagonizada por una pareja de espías mal avenidos que se hacen pasar por matrimonio para investigar una serie de brutales asesinatos en el Shanghái de los años 30. Chloe se graduó recientemente en la Universidad de Pensilvania con una doble licenciatura en inglés y relaciones internacionales. Nacida den Shanghái y criada en Auckland, Nueva Zelanda, ahora Chloe vive en Nueva York, donde finde ser una adulta de verdad.