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MIRA WENDAM
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Humanity survives inside a colossal warship half-trapped in a frozen mountain. The engines are dead. The ship is home. All Lien wants to do is deliver food and leave her past as a soldier behind. But when her roommate, Jocelyn, ends up dead, and she bumps into a young man who is carrying a box of sealed organs... she must decide whether to get revenge or not, all while carrying Jocelyn's newborn daughter on her back.
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After a robot awakens beneath the ruins of a changed world, Novalie sees it as nothing more than scrap. But when it unleashes a devastating bolt of antimatter in an ambush, she realises it’s exactly what she needs to take down Jude, the man who ruined her life.
Jude rules the Community from a bed, piloting a machine that now governs in his place.
The journey is brutal. Sickness and violence push them off course at every turn. As they struggle through a world determined to destroy them, their bond evolves beyond master and machine.
Then the companion begins to hear a voice that is both unknown and familiar. It brings back memories of dust, barrages of bullets, blood. War.
Told from the robot’s perspective, THE LIVING MACHINE explores a future where animals run the world and humanity has been thrust to the side.
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Two years ago, Carmen Peyri reigned champion in Stellar Black, an underground trading ring and arena. Then one night, one mistake broke her, and she vanished.
Now her dog, Tai, is dying—his Time Limit, his lifespan, slashed from eighty years to ten days.
Rebuffed by the police, Carmen returns to the world she swore off, teaming up with Hesu, Stellar Black’s kingpin, and his enforcer, Beastly, to find out who did this.
But the deeper they dig, the darker the truth becomes. Lies run deep. No one’s clean. And time is running out.
DEAD LINE hurtles toward a violent climax in this intense cyberpunk thriller. Carmen has ten days... and no second chances.
MEET THE AUTHOR
Mira is a young British-Filipino writer based in the UK where she lives with her family and dog. When she's not writing, she enjoys drawing at her desk or spending time in the garden with her dog, Kai, who occasionally features in her stories. Here's a picture of him.
Her books are packed full of adventure, intense fight scenes, gory shootouts, bone-breaking brutality, and dogged determination.
DEAD LINE is her debut cyberpunk thriller.
She began writing short stories when she was eleven and never really stopped. What started with hand-drawn maps and obsessive character sheets gradually evolved into immersive worlds and full-length novels combining both her love of combat and science fiction.
Mira explores the grittier side of storytelling, drawing inspiration from intense Taiwanese action films such as The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon, complex moral dilemmas, and the blurred lines between right and wrong.
Her work often grapples with questions of identity, loyalty, and survival, populated by characters who are resourceful, morally messy, and rarely given the luxury of an easy choice. She’s never been in a fight, but you’d never guess it from the way she writes them.
Here's another picture of Kai, just because :)
BOOK PRAISE
A Cyberpunk Thriller That Hits Like a Roundhouse Kick!
DEAD LINE is a visceral debut that grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go. Mira Wendam has crafted a cyberpunk world that feels lived-in and grimy. The core emotional thread about Tai is effective. The protagonist, Carmen, is raw and complicated in the best way, aggressive, violent, and morally grey. Watching her navigate a plot that spirals into something far bigger than she anticipated kept me hooked. The world-building feels oppressively real. The action sequences are super well written—crisp, technical, and brutal. You can feel every elbow strike and knife wound. Wendam clearly did her research, and it shows.
If you like your cyberpunk with a healthy dose of underground MMA, this is your book.
- ARC reader on Goodreads.
I couldn't put it down!
From the second I met Carmen, the main character, I figured she was like if you took a teenager, shook the intrusive thoughts out of them and personified it all. Her HAPD condition was compelling and was a driving force through the story. And yet it didn't overshadow another integral part of the story: her capacity to love and care. Shoutout to Tai for being the best fictional dog in the world.
The pacing was at breakneck speed, suitably so, because Carmen was breaking necks. And teeth. And every other body part you can find in a human. While DEAD LINE isn't for the faint of heart, the violence didn't feel gratuitous. Every word had meaning. Every word made me feel something. That's more than I can say for a lot of books.
- ARC reader on Goodreads.
You ever read something and think, 'Wow, you know what. This would make a GREAT movie?' I got that feel while reading this. Honestly would love to see this in the big screen. The pacing was really good and fast at times. The action, and cyberpunk/noir aspects: A+. Those two things were really what I wanted from the story and it delivered. Would recommend.
- ARC reader on Goodreads.
DEAD LINE offers non-stop action, never resting as it hurtles compelling characters towards a dramatic conclusion. The new worlds created by Wendam are also ripe with potential for future stories, featuring unique physical and social constructs worth exploring.
- Reviewer on Goodreads and Amazon.