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Step into the virtual world with YA sensation, New York Times bestselling author CHLOE GONG as we celebrate the launch of her daring digital dystopian novel Coldwire!
| When: | Monday, November 3rd, 2025 |
| Doors Open: | 5:30pm |
| Event Starts: | 6:00pm |
| Where: | Books of Wonder - 42 W 17th St New York, NY |
Ticket Includes:
- A signed copy of Coldwire
- Admission for the ticketholder.
- Limited edition Coldwire stickers (while supplies last)
- Entry into a raffle for an exclusive Coldwire fanny pack
What to Expect:
- Author Talk – a brief discussion about the book from author Chloe Gong
- Audience Q & A – Chloe wants to hear from you! There will be an extensive audience Q & A for fans with burning Coldwire questions!
- Signing Line – Chloe Gong will sign and personalize Coldwire with first names only, and will sign up to three other books.
Can't make it to the event? Pre-order your signed copy here!
About the Book: Coldwire by Chloe Gong
Rising seas and rampant pandemics have sent most of society upcountry into the comfort of virtual reality — at least those who can afford the subscription. The rest are left to live downcountry, in the squalor of the real world. But even upcountry isn’t safe from the cold war raging between the nations of Medaluo and Atahua, with the Medan orphans in Atahua conscripted into Nile Military Academy, or risk being labeled a traitorous spy.
Eirele and Lia are no such traitors.
Eirele graduated and joined the private forces downcountry just as she was meant to, and Lia is on track to make valedictorian at the academy in the upcountry. But when an Atahuan anarchist frames Eirele for assassination, and Lia’s final assignment to track down an Atahuan traitor in Medaluo — with her academic nemesis, no less — goes wrong, both girls are forced to walk the line between truth and treason. The closer they get to the truth, the closer their worlds come to a shattering collision.
Told across two points of view, and two worlds, you will thrill in this bold new look at virtual reality, AI, and the cyberpunk genre in the vivid beginning to a new cyberpunk series from all-star author CHLOE GONG.
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