Resumen:Perfect State

This page contains a chapter by chapter summary of Perfect State. We hope this summary will make it easier to find specific areas of the book, as well as providing a quick plot refresher for anyone who doesn't want to take the time to reread the entire book.

Chapter 1

Kairominas, Liveborn and ruler of the State Alornia, is 350 years old. He is returning to his palace after attending the celebration of the 50th anniversary since he unified the entire State. He discusses the state of his kingdom with his guard and best friend Shale, a Machineborn, as well that the threat Melhi, a Liveborn from a neighboring State, poses to the kingdom. The conversation turns toward their past, when Shale and Kai would go on fantastic adventures slaying dragons and hunting treasure.

When they arrive back to the palace, Besk, Kai's Chancellor, informs him of a request from the Wode, the humans that administer the States. The Wode want Kai to meet with a Liveborn female in a Communal State so they can procreate. Kai initially doesn't want to go, but Besk eventually convinces him to do so. Rather than meet with the Liveborn that the Wode recommend is most compatible with him, Kai chooses to meet with his least compatible option.

Chapter 2

Kai arrives in Maltese, the Communal State he is to meet his date in. Maltese is a State that has trains, cars, and handguns. There is also some future technology that the State has been introduced to. Suffering from some very mild culture shock, Kai is alarmed when a firearm goes off nearby. Rushing to the source of the noise, Kai steps into a confrontation between a group of men and two young women, one of whom is on the ground and seems to be bleeding. Kai engages the men with his own handgun, attempting to rescue the woman left standing.

The woman turns on Kai, trying to shoot him, so he shoots her back, hitting her in the chest. He then ditches his handgun for a metal rod to use as a sword, and attacks the men, breaking one of their hands. The men stop Kai, and the women get up, revealing that it was all a game of paintball between Liveborn. Kai leaves for the restaurant that his date is supposed to meet him at after being the brunt of some jokes.

Chapter 3

Kai arrives at the restaurant, getting a table to await his date. She soon arrives, but the two get off to a wrong start. Eventually they both get introduced, and Kai learns that his date is named Sophie, a Liveborn from an Emerging Equality State. They soon find themselves delving into a deep discussion regarding the relationship between the Liveborn, the Machineborn, and the Wode. Just as Kai begins to feel some connection to his date, they are interrupted by a message from Melhi, threatening Kai.

Kai convinces Sophie to leave the table, and he leads her to a staircase that they begin climbing. Sophie inquires as to the relationship between Kai and Melhi, which he is reluctant to share, but eventually decides to do so.

Chapter 4

Kai begins the tale of how he met Melhi.

Chapter 5

Kai's story is cut off rudely by a robot.

Chapter 6

Kai continues his story while descending the very stairs they just climbed.

Chapter 7

Kai fights the robot with hacked magics, sucking the funheat out of the world and causing it to glitch a lot. Defeating the robot causes Sophie to commit suicide, revealing that she was a constuction of Melhi all along.

Chapter 8

Kai asks the Wode for his neighbours' information, his isolation coming to an end.