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Mecha Samurai Empire
- A United States of Japan Novel, Book 2
- Narrated by: Joel de la Fuente
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary
The Man in the High Castle meets Pacific Rim in this action-packed alternate-history novel from the award-winning author of United States of Japan. Germany and Japan won WWII and control of the US, and a young man has one dream: to become a mecha pilot.
Makoto Fujimoto grew up in California, but with a difference - his California is part of the United States of Japan. After Germany and Japan won WWII, the US fell under their control. Growing up in this world, Mac plays portical games, haphazardly studies for the Imperial Exam, and dreams of becoming a mecha pilot. Only problem: Mac's grades are terrible. His only hope is to pass the military exam and get into the prestigious mecha pilot training program at Berkeley Military Academy.
When his friend Hideki's plan to game the test goes horribly wrong, Mac washes out of the military exam, too. Perhaps he can achieve his dream by becoming a civilian pilot. But with tensions rising between the United States of Japan and Nazi Germany and rumors of collaborators and traitors abounding, Mac will have to stay alive long enough first....
Critic reviews
“Intermixing the experience of cinema, literature, anime, comics, and gaming, this is the new generation of science fiction we've been waiting for!” (Hideo Kojima, game creator)
“The characters are truly compelling and the world Tieryas created is a joy to discover. And if you come for the giant robots, Mecha Samurai Empire has all kinds and the best robot combat you’ll ever read. Seriously, this is a whole new kind of badass.” (Sylvain Neuvel, author of Sleeping Giants)
“Fascinating and entertaining....I caught myself thinking about the book long after I read it.” (Taylor Anderson, New York Times best-selling author of the Destroyermen series)
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- 02-11-19
Mechas Manga and all things Japanese Love it.
Great telling of an interesting alternative history. Japan loves it's mecha culture an interesting twist if they had been part of ww2. Good narration but sometimes the accents are a bit bad.
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- R. Maines
- 10-10-18
Giant robots smash!
Although I loved the world building in United States of Japan I was not a fan of the ending, but this book set in the same alternate universe is fantastic.
A coming of age story with giant robots battling Nazi biobots, what’s not to like.
Great narration by Joel de la Fuerite is the icing on the cake.
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- Mandy Hall
- 05-05-21
GET IT
I love this book! I wouldn't chance a thing. I really need a continuation...really bad
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- Alex N.
- 29-03-19
even better than USJ
Giant Mecha's smashing each other to bits, what's not to like here? must read for sci fi fans
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