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b'This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Rebecca Fraimow, author of THE IRON CHILDREN.
\\nAbout THE IRON CHILDREN: Asher has been training her entire life to become a Sor-Commander. One day, she’ll give her soul to the gilded, mechanical body of the Sor and become a commander to a battalion of Dedicates. These soldiers, encased in exoskeletons, with extra arms, and telepathic subordination to the Sor-Commanders, are the only thing that’s kept the much larger Levastani army of conquest at bay for decades.
\\nBut while on a training journey, Asher and her party are attacked, and her commander is incapacitated, leaving her alone to lead the unit across a bitterly cold, unstable mountain. Worse, one of the Dedicates is not what they seem: a spy for the enemy, with their own reasons to hate their mechanical body and the people who put them in it.
\\nTo get off the mountain alive, Asher and her unit will need to decide how much they’re willing to sacrifice — and what for.
\\nAbout Rebecca Fraimow: Rebecca Fraimow is an author and archivist living in Boston, writing primarily science fiction and fantasy. Her short fiction has recently appeared in PodCastle, The Fantasist, and Consolation Songs: Optimistic Speculative Fiction for a Time of Pandemic, among other venues. Her short story in Consolation Songs, \\u201cThis Is New Gehesran Calling,\\u201d appeared on the longlist for the 2021 Hugo Award.
\\nThis week\\u2019s picks:
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\\n* Rebecca: O Human Star \\u2013 by Blue Delliquanti
\\n* Tracy: Crokinole Game
\\n* Patrick: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2
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\\nLinks:
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\\n* Rebecca Fraimow on Twitter
\\n* Tracy Townsend on Twitter
\\n* Patrick Hester on Twitter
\\n* The Functional Nerds Patreon Page
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\\n\\xa9 2023 Patrick Hester
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