Cyber Shogun Revolution (A United States of Japan Novel)

Product Description

The Man in the High Castle meets Pacific Rim in this action-packed alternate history novel from the award-winning author of United States of Japan and Mecha Samurai Empire.

NO ONE SURVIVES AN ALLIANCE WITH THE NAZIS. NOT WITHOUT USE OF FORCE.

Seattle, 2019. After a severe injury, ace mecha designer and pilot Reiko Morikawa is recruited to a secret organization plotting a revolt against the corrupt governor (and Nazi sympathizer) of the United States of Japan. When their plan to save the USJ from itself goes awry, the mission is only saved from failure because the governor is killed by an assassin known as Bloody Mary. But the assassin isn’t satisfied with just the governor.

Bishop Wakana used to be a cop. Now he’s an agent of the Tokko, the secret police. Following the trail of a Nazi scientist, Bishop discovers a web of weapons smuggling, black market mecha parts–and a mysterious assassin. This killer once hunted Nazis but now seems to be targeting the USJ itself. As the leaders of the United States of Japan come to realize the devil’s bargain they made in their uneasy alliance with the Nazis, Bishop and Reiko are hot on the trail of Bloody Mary, trying to stop her before it’s too late.

Review

“Intermixing the experience of cinema, literature, anime, comics, and gaming, this is the new generation of Science Fiction we’ve been waiting for!”—Hideo Kojima, Game Creator, on 
Mecha Samurai Empire
“The characters are truly compelling and the world Tieryas created is a joy to discover. And if you come for the giant robots, 
Mecha Samurai Empire has all kinds and the best robot combat you’ll ever read. Seriously, this is a whole new kind of badass.”—Sylvain Neuvel, author of 
Sleeping Giants, on on Mecha Samurai Empire
“Fascinating and entertaining….I caught myself thinking about the book long after I read it.”—Taylor Anderson, 
New York Times bestselling author of the Destroyermen series, on on 
Mecha Samurai Empire

“A spectacular and thought-provoking rollercoaster ride.”—August Cole, Co-Author of 
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War, on on 
Mecha Samurai Empire 

“Extremely fun, intriguing, thrilling, and well written; 
Mecha Samurai Empire is a one of a kind story that will entice the imagination of any and all who read it.”—Geek Nerd Net on on 
Mecha Samurai Empire

“Tieryas perfectly balances humor, action, and romance.”—
Publishers Weekly on on 
Mecha Samurai Empire

“Readers will find themselves caught up in Tieryas’ thought-provoking world.”—
Booklist on on 
Mecha Samurai Empire

Praise for Peter Tieryas and United States of Japan
 
“A searing vision of the persistence of hope in the face of brutality, United States of Japan is utterly brilliant.”—Ken Liu, Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy winner and author of 
The Grace of Kings
 
“A perfect patchwork of multiple sci-fi and anime subgenres rolled into one novel.”—
Esquire
 
“This is a darkly fun, clever, and unrelentingly ambitious book.”—Kameron Hurley, Hugo Award-winner and author of 
The Mirror Empire

About the Author

Peter Tieryas is the award-winning internationally best-selling writer of the Mecha Samurai Empire series (Penguin Random House), which has received praise from places like the Financial Times, Amazon, Verge, Gizmodo, Wired, and more. The series has been translated into multiple foreign languages, won two Seiun Awards, and the Mandarin version was one of the Douban’s Top 10 Science Fiction Books of 2018. He’s had hundreds of publications from places like New Letters, Subaru, ZYZZYVA, Indiana Review, and more. His game essays have been published at sites like IGN, Kotaku, and Entropy. He was also a technical writer for Lucasfilm

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Reiko Morikawa hated the rain. It reminded her of cold, damp nights full of regret. But she’d been ordered to Taiko City, once called Seattle by the old Americans, for an urgent meeting of the Sons of War.

Taiko City look