Liliana "Lilia" Dolohov is a survivor-the only successful result of a dark, secret experiment from the Red Room. Obsessed with creating the perfect weapon, Soviet scientists combined the genetic material of the legendary Black Widow, Natasha Romanoff, and the Winter Soldier, James Buchanan Barnes. After years of brutal training, brainwashing, and experiments, Lilia emerges as a lethal machine-cold, calculating, and deadly. But when the Red Room decides to shut down the project, Lilia becomes a risk that needs to be eliminated.
After a daring escape from the heart of the organization, Lilia finds herself alone, hunted by her own creators and haunted by fractured memories. The world sees her as a threat, and she struggles to piece together memories blurred by violence, blood, and the pain of being a weapon rather than a person. With no clear path forward, Lilia searches for her place in a universe that seems determined to destroy her.
Along the way, she crosses paths with heroes and antiheroes alike: Natasha, who sees her as a lost daughter, and Bucky, who sees a reflection of his own tortured past. As Lilia seeks to uncover her identity, torn between vengeance and redemption, she realizes that the Red Room isn't the only enemy she has. Hydra, SHIELD, and even the Avengers all have an interest in her-for their own reasons, some to destroy her, others to exploit her abilities.
"All they ever taught you was how to kill." Natasha's voice was a rough whisper, but in her eyes, Lilia saw a reflection of a past she recognized, she kept quiet, looking at her like a lost puppy. "But there's more, Lilia. There's always more."
*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems*
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Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participates in the app's trial run but finds herself immersed in the empathic conversations with her customizable virtual boyfriend, Ecto.
In a society both connected and alienated by technology, Kate suspects an actual secret admirer is behind Ecto. Could it be the work of the techie student council president Dion or has Kate really found her soulmate in bits of computer code? She decides to get to the bottom of the cutting-edge app. Her search for Ecto's real identity leads Kate to prom, where absolute knowledge comes with a very steep price.