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...
“A perfect example of a prequel that boasts a tight connectivity to the film." - Movie Nooz
Pat Cadigan is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer, three-time winner of the Locus Award, twice-winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and one-time winner of the Hugo Award. She wrote a novelization and sequel to Lost in Space, novelizations of two episodes of The Twilight Zone, Cellular novelization, and the novelization and sequel to Jason X.
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...
Praise
“A perfect example of a prequel that boasts a tight connectivity to the film." - Movie Nooz
Author
Pat Cadigan is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer, three-time winner of the Locus Award, twice-winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and one-time winner of the Hugo Award. She wrote a novelization and sequel to Lost in Space, novelizations of two episodes of The Twilight Zone, Cellular novelization, and the novelization and sequel to Jason X.
