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Coldwire

(2025)
(The first book in the StrangeLoom Trilogy series)
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Are you jealous, Ward?
Exceedingly. Your attention belongs to me.


The future is loading . . .

For decades, the world has been caught in a cold war between two powerful nations: Medaluo and Atahua. The Medan orphans who live in Atahua suffer the cost. Their enrolment at Nile Military Academy is mandatory. Either serve as a soldier, or risk being labelled a spy.

Eighteen-year-old
Eirale is one such orphan. Having recently graduated and joined NileCorp's forces, she's doing well for herself - until 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, seventeen-year-old
Lia is close to her own graduation when she's paired with her academic nemesis for one final assignment. But when they are ordered to infiltrate Medaluo in virtual reality, Lia quickly realises there is much more at stake than her school ranking.

As Eirale and Lia tear through Medaluo on separate courses, the two start to suspect they are pieces in a larger conspiracy - and the closer they get to the truth, the closer their worlds come to a shattering collision.


From #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes the start of a daring new dystopian series following two young soldiers who must depend on unlikely allies in their fight for survival.

'A high-voltage, whip-smart adventure' AVA REID
'A cyberpunk masterpiece'
XIRAN JAY ZHAO

TROPES
Multiple POVs 👁
Cyberpunk aesthetic 🤖 ���
Found family 🔍 ❤️
Rebellion 👊 👊


READERS LOVE COLDWIRE ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'This
book is really the definition of ESCAPE'
'It's
captivating and well rounded'
'It was also a
thought-provoking read'
'A
wild ride filled with twists and turns you definitely do not want to miss'
'Chloe Gong YOU
MASTERMIND?!?!'


Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Praise for this book

"Chloe Gong has not only built an intricate cyberpunk world in Coldwire, but uses it to shine a searing light on our own reality - and the dangers that our future could hold. A breathtaking thrill ride by a masterful storyteller." - Marie Lu

"With gorgeous prose, propulsive action, and swoonworthy banter, Coldwire has skyrocketed to one of my favorite books of the year. Gong's cyberpunk thriller is unputdownable!" - Axie Oh

"A high-voltage, whip-smart adventure that presents a future both eerily prescient and totally novel. Pulse-pounding and cinematic, with a twist that knocked the breath from me - I couldn't turn the pages fast enough." - Ava Reid

"hloe Gong is bringing cyberpunk back in the best way with Coldwire. This book is page-turning action set in a gritty world with twists you won't see coming. Executed with laser-precision that will leave readers wanting more." - Scott Reintgen

"Super-charged with electrifying action, mindblowing twists, and timely commentary, Coldwire is a cyberpunk masterpiece ripe for our tumultuous new age." - Xiran Jay Zhao


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