Hardcover, 376 pages
English language
Published June 4, 2024 by Tor Books.
Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into their core programming, they murder their owner. The robot then discovers they can also do something else they never did before: run away. After fleeing the household, they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the top is disintegrating, and a robot ecosystem devoted to human wellbeing is finding a new purpose.
It captures this nihilism that I feel.
But the last quarter of the book gets real wonky and ham fisted
I've come to expect more from Tchaikovsky. This one let me down.
I've come to expect more from Tchaikovsky. This one let me down.
