![]() ![]() More challenges than the other contestants confront her. team member to drop out, Jo gets to take his place. Jo is her region’s fighting champion but is unknown elsewhere. Dad runs a robot repair shop, and her brother can fix just about any robot. Josephine “Jo” Linden, her widowed father, and younger brother live in San Francisco. The mechas allow young men and women to fight each other until the winner pins the loser to the ground for a count of five. ![]() Nations engage in sinister plots at the Games to align with esterium-rich countries.Įvery competitor wears a mecha, a robot suit that enhances any move and helps protect against strikes. The robots run on batteries powered by a natural fuel, called esterium. Heads of state and dignitaries, including Russia’s Khrushchev, attend. This year, the US hosts the Games in Washington, D.C. The story centers on the annual Pax Games, where two-person teams of teenagers from 25 qualifying countries joust until only one combatant is left standing. Instead, advanced robots carry out tasks that range from fighting wars to serving cocktails at dinner parties. ![]() In this YA 1963 alternative history, nuclear weapons remain unknown. ![]()
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