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The Archive Undying

Emma Mieko Candon

Ages 16+

Readers rate it 3.3 (29 on Hardcover)

403 pages · Released Jun 27, 2023

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The Archive Undying is a complex, dark science fiction novel with mature themes that align with its adult publisher and content warnings. The protagonist is haunted by trauma, engages in substance use, and navigates morally ambiguous situations in a dystopian world. While it features LGBTQ+ representation and explores themes of devotion and survival, the pervasive darkness, body horror, violence, and sexual content make it more suited to older teens and adults than younger readers.

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War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon's bold entry into the world of mecha fiction. WHEN AN AI DIES, ITS CITY DIES WITH IT WHEN A CITY FALLS, IT LEAVES A CORPSE BEHIND WHEN THAT CORPSE RUNS OFF, ONLY DEVOTION CAN BRING IT BACK When the robotic god of Khuon Mo we... War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon's bold entry into the world of mecha fiction. WHEN AN AI DIES, ITS CITY DIES WITH IT WHEN A CITY FALLS, IT LEAVES A CORPSE BEHIND WHEN THAT CORPSE RUNS OFF, ONLY DEVOTION CAN BRING IT BACK When the robotic god of Khuon Mo went mad, it destroyed everything it touched. It killed its priests, its city, and all its wondrous works. But in its final death throes, the god brought one thing back to life: its favorite child, Sunai. For the seventeen years since, Sunai has walked the land like a ghost, unable to die, unable to age, and unable to forget the horrors he's seen. He's run as far as he can from the wreckage of his faith, drowning himself in drink, drugs, and men. But when Sunai wakes up in the bed of the one man he never should have slept with, he finds himself on a path straight back into the world of gods and machines. The Archive Undying is the first volume of Emma Mieko Candon's Downworld Sequence, a sci-fi series where AI deities and brutal police states clash, wielding giant robots steered by pilot-priests with corrupted bodies. Come get in the robot. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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  • Fiction
  • A mix driven
  • Diverse Characters
  • Strong Character Development
  • Unloveable Characters
  • Weak Character Development
  • female author
  • Loveable Characters
  • Big 5
  • Adventurous
  • dark
  • sad

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