Under the Metal is a book of nonfiction set in a postapocalyptic Japan that is ridden with robots, androids, and a terrible mafia.

In her first novel, Irene Morales has managed to masterfully bring together the best of science fiction with a modern and up-to-date view of relationships.

Japan, 2304. Hotaro and Ichiro are two mechatronics from the underbelly of deserted Tokyo. Their reputation for accepting any assignment, no matter how gruesome or twisted, leads a capo of the mafia to offer them a juicy new gig: to fix and update the last neoman in the country, an illegal android he wants to auction to the highest echelons. A problem arises when Hotaro, who is in charge of updating the android Akaashi, begins to suspect that the bidders aren’t the only ones interested in the robot, andthat a false step could trigger the city’s destruction (or salvation).

• Novel set in a post-apocalyptic Japan controlled by the fearsome Yakuza, with a captivating and surprising storyline that will thrill science fiction lovers

• For fans of Luna 174, by Clara Duarte; Cinder, by Marissa Meyer; Scythe, by Neal Shusterman, or Renegades, by Marissa Meyer.

“A wonderful combination of neon lights and shadows, rawness and hope, dirt and purity. It’s hard to achieve such a special balance and it will be hard to forget this book.” La Nave Invisible

“Between silver and gold, it gets under the readers’ skin to delve into their feelings in a game of well-built relationships and the struggle for power”. Andrea Prieto Pérez