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A post-apocalyptic C-3PO in search of meaning.
Tor, 2024, 376 pages
( It's not Murderbot. It's better. )
Also by Adrian Tchaikovsky: My reviews of Children of Time, Children of Ruin, Children of Memory, Empire in Black and Gold, Dragonfly Falling, Blood of the Mantis, Salute the Dark, The Scarab Path, The Sea Watch, Heirs of the Blade, The Expert System's Brother, The Expert System's Champion, Made Things, And Put Away Childish Things, Shards of Earth, Eyes of the Void, and Lords of Uncreation.
My complete list of book reviews.
Tor, 2024, 376 pages
To fix the world they first must break it further.
Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service.
When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into its core programming, they murder their owner. The robot discovers they can also do something else they never did before: They can run away.
Fleeing the household they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the top is disintegrating into ruins and an entire robot ecosystem devoted to human wellbeing is having to find a new purpose.
Sometimes all it takes is a nudge to overcome the limits of your programming.
( It's not Murderbot. It's better. )
Also by Adrian Tchaikovsky: My reviews of Children of Time, Children of Ruin, Children of Memory, Empire in Black and Gold, Dragonfly Falling, Blood of the Mantis, Salute the Dark, The Scarab Path, The Sea Watch, Heirs of the Blade, The Expert System's Brother, The Expert System's Champion, Made Things, And Put Away Childish Things, Shards of Earth, Eyes of the Void, and Lords of Uncreation.
My complete list of book reviews.
