Renegade Flight
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Publisher Description
Aurora Rising meets Top Gun, with the addition of cybernetic dragons, in this is the witty, romantic, and electrifying sci-fi novel by Andrea Tang.
Viola Park's life is over.
She's gone from planning her future as a pilot-in-training to resigning herself to life on the ground. And it's all because she made one tiny, not-altogether-legal maneuver on the prestigious GAN Academy's entrance exam. It's bad enough that she didn't get into the Academy, but getting caught cheating? It's probably the worst thing Vi could imagine.
Still, there are perks that come with Vi's family legacy at the school, and when Vi learns that recent pilot disappearances have left the Academy desperate for recruits, she does what any good Park would do--uses her connections to wiggle her way back in. But instead of matriculating with the regular class of future Peacekeepers, Vi is forced to enter as a probationary student, which means she'll have to work twice as hard to prove herself worthy of a place in the cockpit of one of the legendary dragon mechs.
Lucky for Vi, the Academy has set up a combat tournament for all students, and the prize is a guaranteed spot in the Peacekeeper corps. Unlucky for Vi, she'll have to compete against her probie classmates, including Nicholas Lee, a mysterious boy prone to throwing Vi off her game. And as more Peacekeepers go missing, what starts out as a ploy to save her reputation turns into a fight for the future of Peacekeepers everywhere, and if Vi can't master her mech combat skills, she might not survive the battle.
In this standalone set fifteen years after Prudence Wu took flight in Rebelwing, a new generation of scrappy young pilots challenge corruption, competition, and more dangerous mechs than ever, as they redefine what it means to be a revolutionary.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Picking up 15 years after the events of Rebelwing, this speculative standalone revisits the heroes of the first installment while focusing on a generation raised against the backdrop of sentient mechs and an intrigue-laden new world order. When 18-year-old Korean Canadian orphan Viola Park attempts to live up to her family's legacy by enrolling in the prestigious Global Alliance of Nations Academy for Combat and Cybernetic Arts, a crisis of confidence results in a rejection for cheating on the entrance exam. However, she's ultimately accepted, albeit as a much-derided probationary student, because Peacekeepers are vanishing at an alarming rate and GAN is desperate for fresh blood. Now, if Vi wants to achieve her childhood dream of becoming a GAN Peacekeeper and bond with a sentient mechanical dragon, she must survive both the rigorous academic schedule and a no-holds-barred tournament against the school's best students, including the unbeatable Nicholas Lee, a beautiful boy with "bright, whiskey-colored... hair and moon-fair skin." A leisurely buildup and slightly rushed climax underutilize the world's potential, but Viola's headstrong nature, drive to succeed, and complicated rivalry with Nicholas, paired with plentiful action sequences, are sure to satisfy. Ages 12–up.