The Archive Undying

"Shortlisted for the Lambda Award! ""Giant robots stomp around a lush and tactile world of ruined cities and unknowable AI gods, which is all one could ever need."" --Tamsyn Muir, New York Times bestselling author of the Locked Tomb series ""The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon will drop you headfirst into a dazzling kaleidoscope of weirdness."" --The Washington Post ""The Archive Undying is everything you could want in a mecha novel. Emma Mieko Candon is brilliant."" --Ann Leckie, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of Ancillary Justice ""Giant robot mechas with godlike powers! ...What, honestly, is cooler than that?"" --The Wall Street Journal ""In our age of AI discourse and terrifying robot dogs, it's exciting to see a writer exploring these concepts in a way that's fresh and nuanced."" --NPR ""Candon pours her/their elaborate setting of weird artifacts, monstrous fragtech, and corrupted AI through an intense and intimate emotional focus to create a vivid journey of recovery and reclamation."" --New York Times bestselling author, Kate Elliott ""A riotous and romantic ride of identity, divinity and technology"" --Freya Marske, author of Marvellous Light ""With the salvage-punk appeal of '70s pulp, and the cozy, rust-hazed apocalyptica of '90s anime, this book is gold, crystal, and crimson splendor with a beating pirate heart."" --Jennifer Giesbrecht, author of The Monster of Elendhaven ""An intelligent, fiercely queer story of identity, autonomy and giant robots. An imaginative rollercoaster!"" --Foz Meadows, author of A Strange and Stubborn Endurance ""Spiky, tender, sexy, and strange, The Archive Undying is a narrative labyrinth that surprised me on every page; an unfolding fractal of a science fiction novel."" --Lara Elena Donnelly, author of Amberlough and Grace Notes ""Candon's fresh, vivid worldbuilding skillfully blends anime staples like giant robots and cigarette-smoking aunties with edgy SFF tropes like dying gods and legendary hybrid beasts....Fans of diverse, queer genre fiction seeking a challenge should take note."" --Publishers Weekly ""A satisfyingly solid foundation for a revenge quest among giant mecha and lively cities that settles into an interesting new balance of power."" --Booklist ""Will appeal to readers who like their giant robots paired with explorations of emotional intimacy and moving forward after trauma."" --Library Journal"