Luminous

* A Guardian pick: Top 5 Science Fiction Book of 2025 * Three siblings. Two human, one robot. The spectacular new debut about what it means to be alive. `Wildly and, yes, luminously emotional.` - Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library In a recently reunified Korea, robots have integrated seamlessly into society. They are our teachers, our bus drivers and policemen. They are our lovers. They are even our children. Eleven-year-old Ruijie sifts through scrap metal in a Seoul junkyard, searching for anything that might repair her failing body. There amongst the piles of junk she happens across a robot boy: lifelike, strange and unlike anything she`s seen before. Across the city, estranged siblings Jun and Morgan Cho haven`t spoken since the abrupt disappearance of their robot brother Yoyo, which shattered their childhoods and left a gaping hole in their lives. But Ruijie`s discovery is about to bring the lives of brother and sister hurtling back together, forcing them to confront the reality of Yoyo`s true nature, and the dark purpose their father never revealed. At once a dazzling work of speculative fiction and a poignant family drama, Luminous is a timely, unforgettable story about what it really means to be human.