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WAR MACHINES: BOOK I
They’ve lost the war, and they’re about to lose their lives—unless they can save each other.
- GENRE // scifi/fantasy, YA
- THEMES AND TROPES // Found family, friends to enemies to siblings, overcoming abuse and trauma, deep platonic connection, betrayal and forgiveness
- CW // non-graphic depictions of violence, death, abuse, torture
🌌 SUMMARY
Briar is dangerous. He's a Pather who can manipulate emotions, and he can never live like everyone else. He accepts that.
Until he meets the War Machines.
The squad of military androids is so human-like that Briar can feel their thoughts the same way he can feel a person’s. Not more so than their programming, however: the War Machines are built to kill. To protect. And above all, to obey.
Briar can’t fix them the way his father could. He’s no Engineer. But he can harness the blood-deep and incredibly strange power of his abilities, forcing himself and the androids into a world far different than the one they’re built for—a world where magic-enhancing crystals, glowing artifacts, and giant monsters are commonplace.
Survival doesn’t come easy. All Briar and the War Machines can do is change, adapt, respect themselves and each other…
and accept that not everyone will make it through.
