Alita: Battle Angel - Iron City |
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| Authors: | Cadigan, Pat |
| Publisher: | Titan |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC028000, FIC028100, FIC021000 |
| ISBN: | 9781785658365, Related ISBNs: 1785658352, 1785658360, 1785658379, 9781785658358, 9781785658365 |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 312, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: The official prequel novelization to the highly anticipated science fiction movie, Alita: Battle Angel.
The official prequel novel to the highly anticipated film.
A long time ago there was the Great War. The reasons for the war have been lost to time. On the shattered surface of the Earth, there is a metropolis that lives amidst the garbage thrown down from the inhabitants of a sky city floating above it. Welcome to Iron City.
A lonely doctor specialising in cyborg repair, Ido, is doing his best to help the citizens of Iron City. But Ido has a double life, another persona born from the pieces of his broken heart.
Hugo, a young man surviving on a life of crime, spots the ultimate steal: an object that will unearth secrets from his own past.
And Vector, the most powerful businessman in the city, has his sights set on a new technology that will change the future of Iron City forever...
The official prequel novel to the highly anticipated film.
A long time ago there was the Great War. The reasons for the war have been lost to time. On the shattered surface of the Earth, there is a metropolis that lives amidst the garbage thrown down from the inhabitants of a sky city floating above it. Welcome to Iron City.
A lonely doctor specialising in cyborg repair, Ido, is doing his best to help the citizens of Iron City. But Ido has a double life, another persona born from the pieces of his broken heart.
Hugo, a young man surviving on a life of crime, spots the ultimate steal: an object that will unearth secrets from his own past.
And Vector, the most powerful businessman in the city, has his sights set on a new technology that will change the future of Iron City forever...
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