Our episode today is about the book Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao! It is a sci fi mecha historical fiction of the first and ONLY empress of china, Wu Zetian. The world faces danger every day from large creatures called Hundun, which humanity battles back against using mechs known as Chrysalises. When Wu Zetian's sister is killed by a pilot, she swears vengeance and if the whole Chrysalis system falls then so be it!