Keeping It Real by Justina Robson

submit_url = ‘http://bestfantasystories.com/keeping-it-real-by-justina-robson/’;This book’s heroine, Special Agent Lila Black, is unlike the heroines you find in most paranormal fantasy stories: she’s not a witch, she’s not a werewolf, she’s not a vampire.
She’s human. Well, sort of.
She’s actually part human but has metal pieces fused to her arms and legs. She also has a computer chip [...]