Though this stands alone, readers would surely welcome further adventures featuring the unlikely duo of Kas and Zhi. But when a con-artist tricks her into wagering a large sum of money belonging to her university on show more. When did academia get to be so complicated Kas is a junior researcher on a fact-finding mission to old Earth. Wexler takes a sardonic tone in his descriptions of future Earth as a planet where the physical and virtual landscapes are littered with toxic waste, but the inhabitants still foster a sense of community and cheerful disdain for their wealthy off-world visitors. Django Wexlers Hard Reboot features giant mech arena battles and intergalactic diplomacy. The alternative would be to stay with her faculty colleagues and surreptitiously complete assignments on behalf of their lazy but socially prominent prize pupil, who prefers visiting the local brothels to studying. To regain her purse, Kas must use her knowledge of ancient tech to help Zhi prepare a secretly salvaged Third Empire warbot for a return bout with Zhi's nemesis. Scholar Zychtykas Three ("Kas to her friends, of which she had none") is part of an academic visit to Old Earth, where she's conned into betting away her academy's money by Zhi Zero, a robot pilot. Fantasy writer Wexler (Siege of Rage and Ruin) envisions a future of robotic melees in a short sci-fi novel that's long on mecha action and character development.
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