Rise of the Machines: Book 1: Once Awakened

Synopsis:
When war strikes, everyone is involved. The binary system of Cryion and Kyaxeng suddenly becomes an epicenter of strife as the lives of its lone world's inhabitants - the Xinschi-uual - are brought into an interplanetary war between two superpowers, and are suddenly targeted for their superior AI technology.
Living under an oppressive regime, its citizens are forced to fight in a conflict they know nothing about. Among them is the lowly coal worker Cyrii, who is drafted into military service and discovers that the race's oft-boasted force of machines... is not as impressive as she would like. Her defiance to the Empire led to giving her own combat mech 56-767 free will, shattering one of the greatest rules of the Empire... and this mech's brand new personality is going to become legendary.

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The first book of a new series, Once Awakened introduces the reader to a new world dominated by a reptilian race and the interstellar predicament it finds itself in. Told from the view of a robotic soldier they themselves manufactured, Once Awakened takes the light science-fiction reader through a journey of questioning loyalty, unraveling rules, and making close friends and powerful enemies. With its fair share of action and quick splashes of wit, the Rise of the Machines series wishes only to bring the reader with on an epic journey filled with combat, humor, and the life experiences of a single machine defying her superiors simply by having free will.