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| THE CAGE OF ZEUS © 2004 by Sayuri Ueda |
A RACE OF GENETICALLY MODIFEDHUMANS
BATTLES GENOCIDE AND EXTINCTION IN
THE CAGE OF ZEUS
THE CAGE OF ZEUS
Award-Winning Author Sayuri UedaDelivers A Kinetic Action Story
With A Distinctly Japanese View Of GenderPolitics
VIZ Media has announced the release of the newest novel to be published underits popular Haikasoru imprint. THE CAGE OF ZEUS, by author SayuriUeda, will debut on September 20th and will carry an MSRP of $14.99U.S. / $16.99 CAN. The eBook edition will also debut the same day on the AmazonKindle, the Apple’s iBooks Store and the Sony Reader Store for $8.99.
Haikasoru publishes some of the most compellingcontemporary Japanese science fiction and fantasy stories for English-speakingaudiences, and is the first imprint based in the U.S. dedicated to Japanesescience fiction and fantasy in translation.
THE CAGE OF ZEUS introduces readers tothe Rounds, humans with the sex organs of both genders. Artificially created totest the limits of the human body in space, the Rounds are a minority, despisedand hunted by the terrorist group, Vessel of Life. Aboard Jupiter-I, a spacestation orbiting the gas giant that shares its name, the Rounds have createdtheir own society with a radically different view of gender and of life itself.Security chief Shirosaki keeps the peace between the Rounds and the typicallygendered “Monaurals,” but when a terrorist strike hits the station, the balanceof power and tolerance is at risk...and an entire people is targeted forgenocide.
“SayuriUeda is one of Japan’s most interesting new science fiction authors, and herwork has won or been nominated for a number of awards,” says Haikasoru Editor Nick Mamatas. “THE CAGE OF ZEUSdelivers an optimum mix of hard science fiction and thriller, combined with adistinctly Japanese view of gender politics, and the future of humanityitself.”
Born inHyogo Prefecture, Sayuri Ueda is one of the most innovative science fictionauthors in Japan. She won the 2003 Komatsu Sakyo Award with her debut novel, Mars Dark Ballade. Her second novel, The Cage of Zeus, was originallypublished in 2004. Her recent short fiction collection, Fish Boat, Animal Boat, was highly acclaimed in the sci-ficommunity and was nominated for the 2009 prestigious Japan SF Award. Ueda hasalso been nominated for the Seiun Award in the short story category for The Grave of the Bird. Her latest novel,The Ocean Chronicles, won the firstprize of Best Science Fiction 2010 in SFMagazine and was one of the most noteworthy books of the year inany genre.
