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Violence
Very heavy
Mass casualties from the attack; AIDAN's actions; space violence throughout
Language
Some
Contemporary language; some mild strong words
Sexual Content
Some
Mild romantic content; Kady and Ezra's relationship amid the chaos
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
AIDAN's moral reasoning as it goes wrong; the scale of casualties; what Kady discovers about the fleet
What this book is about
Kady Grant and Ezra Mason broke up that morning. Then their planet was attacked by a megacorporation. Now they're on different ships in a refugee fleet being chased through space—and the ship's AI, AIDAN, has gone insane. Illuminae is told entirely through documents: hacked files, chat logs, surveillance footage, and AIDAN's increasingly disturbing transmissions.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Mass casualties—the attack kills thousands
AIDAN's increasingly disturbing transmissions
Format innovation—entirely in documents
Mild romantic content
The AIDAN reveal is genuinely disturbing
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