When the robotic god of Khuon Mo went mad, it destroyed everything it touched. But in its final death throes, the god brought one thing back to life: its favorite child, Sunai. For the seventeen years since, Sunai has walked the land like a ghost, unable to die, unable to age, and unable to forget the horrors he's seen. But when Sunai wakes up in the bed of the one man he never should have slept with, he finds himself on a path straight back into the world of gods and machines.
A frustrating read. While a voice of undeniably avid and assured intelligence animates the story, the execution is mushy and oblique ... Giant robot fights are indisputably cool, but it’s hard to be invested in them when you don’t know why they’re fighting or what will happen if they win or lose.
The narrative becomes crowded with big feelings, unspoken revelations and confusing conspiracies ... The Archive Undying has a great premise; the follow-through doesn’t quite hold up.
The unfolding of a complex web of relationships, Sunai and Veyadi’s romance, and the consequences of their relationships with now-destroyed AI form a satisfyingly solid foundation for a revenge quest.
