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Coldwire

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6th November 2025

Price: £20

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Selected: Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781399732352

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‘A CYBERPUNK MASTERPIECE’ XIRAN JAY ZHAO
‘A BREATAKING THRILL RIDE’ MARIE LU
‘PULSE-POUNDING AND CINEMATIC’ AVA REID

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.

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 enrollment 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.
READERS ARE READY
‘Thank you mother for feeding us,” we all chant in unison!’
‘Whatever Chloe Gong writes, I read’
‘I’m a simple girl, i see “YA cyberpunk” written by the Chloe Gong, I click want to read’
‘MOTHER IS ABOUT TO EAT ONCE AGAIN’
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Reviews

Xiran Jay Zhao, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Iron Widow
Super-charged with electrifying action, mindblowing twists, and timely commentary, Coldwire is a cyberpunk masterpiece ripe for our tumultuous new age
Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fable for the End of the World
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
Scott Reintgen, New York Times bestselling author of A Door in the Dark
Chloe 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
Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the Legend trilogy and The Young Elites
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