Devil in the Device brims with brilliant world-building and richly-imagined characters—a great encapsulation of everything that makes science fiction so much fun!" —Andrea Tang, author of Rebelwing and Renegade Flight
Zhade's power might be going to his head. Newly on the throne, he’s still getting used to wearing Maret's face, but he can't deny that the influence it affords him has its perks. So when the magic of Eerensed starts to turn deadly, Zhade must master the Crown if he's going to save his people, and Tsurina's destructive plans for Eerensed aren't going to make that easy. Worse, he's starting to see her point.
Andra is underground. Assumed dead by the people of Eerensed, she must stay hidden in the city’s depths if she's going to live long enough to build the rocket that will finally save the colonists from this dying planet. But when Andra hears voices urging her to destroy everything, she starts to dig deeper into her subconcious. What she discovers leads her to question whether she's destined to be a savior after all.
Battling the dangerous forces buried within their minds, Andra and Zhade will have to find a way to work together before two power-hungry leaders and a deadly swarm of rogue technology destroy humanity for good.
Lora Beth Johnson delivers a stunning conclusion to the Goddess in the Machine duology with this brilliant novel. Part political conspiracy, part technological thriller, its deeply emotional core deftly explores what it means to be human, and how to hold on when everything seems lost.
The thrilling, much-anticipated conclusion to Lora Beth Johnson's Goddess in the Machine duology.
Zhade's power might be going to his head. He's still getting used to wearing Maret's face, and the influence his newly acquired Crown grants him, but he can't deny that striking fear into just about anyone with a simple look definitely has its perks. Still, he'd rather use his newfound control to help the Schism, but with Tsurina's hold over him growing stronger by the day, sneaking away to fight alongside underground revolutionaries is proving harder and harder to do.
Meanwhile, Andra is living in the tunnels under the city with the rest of the cryogenically frozen colonists, determined to find out her true purpose as an AI and build the rocket that will finally get the colonists off the planet that's killing them. But as she digs deeper into her subconscious, she starts to question whether she was really created for good. And Zhade, feeling more and more drawn to Tsurina's destructive plans for Erensend, wonders whether the power of the Crown is causing him to lose himself.
With both battling the dangerous forces inside themselves, Andra and Zhade must find a way to work together to save their people before two power-hungry leaders and a deadly swarm of rogue technology destroy them all for good.
“This volume deals out one surprise after another before delivering a bang-up ending.”
—SLJ
“A thoughtful, highly rewarding read.”
—Kirkus Reviews“With a plus-sized heroine of my dreams,
Devil in The Device delivers on the promises of
Goddess in the Machine, and expands the already brilliant galaxy-sized world building. Highly recommend.”
—Sheena Boekweg, author of The Sisterhood of Secret Ambitions “Devil in the Device brims with brilliant world-building and richly-imagined characters a—great encapsulation of everything that makes science fiction so much fun!"
—Andrea Tang, author of Rebelwing and Renegade Flight “With original and super smart world-building, fully-realized, unforgettable, root-worthy characters,
Devil in the Device is an intense and thrilling conclusion to
Goddess in the Machine.”
—Alechia Dow, author of The Sound of Stars
