#32: Django Wexler, Hard Reboot

[kareila]

A cute YA novella about Kas, a low ranking academic on her first research visit to Old Earth, and Zhi, a scavenger who has lived her whole life there. They forge a relationship based on a shared interest in ancient battle robots - Kas wants to study them, and Zhi uses them to participate in arena fights run by the local mafia. It's entertaining but fairly predictable.