Kissing Giga: A Science Fiction Romance

By Kate Rang

They never told her they did it. She thinks she's intact, not even questioning why she is able scale the brick wall to the roof, or lift heavy boulders to escape the tunnel when the world collapses. She doesn't know why she can't remember a man named Skinny who is awfully familiar with her. She can't explain the explosions or the burned paper or why her mind seems to be going off the rails the further she gets from the city. Then she meets other survivors, other people who were spared, and they form a band. They too want to believe in God. And they clutch. They clutch to the remnants of faith, scattered verses, and to each other. That's all they have.

Eventually they find out, and she finds out. That there is metal in her. And they watch her, but she is their friend now and they do not want to kill her, to demise her, to undo her. They care. But when she tries to drown the children crossing the water, they have a problem. Under their watchful eye, they help keep her alive, repair her wounds, and forgive. They keep forgiving. But Giga is scrambling, and hurting, and confused. Why would they do this to her? Why would they tamper with her without her permission? What a sick city she left behind. But it doesn't matter anymore. All is lost, God is lost. The kisses in her memory resurface. They surpass Alex's kiss, and Skinny's. They are of...a simulation of Javier Bardem...but oh so real. Meanwhile Skinny tries to get her to remember, to get her to snap out of it, to hold on to the human side of her, to hold on to them. He loves her.

Kissing Giga is a sweet book, heartbreaking and provocative. It makes you think: What is humanity? What is that special thing, that beautiful forgiving thing that makes us human? And in spite of yourself, knowing what she is, knowing she's been tampered with, you will grow to care for Giga. You will have hope till the end that the human part will overcome.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HN1RQLCD
• ISBN13: 9798162281108
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"