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Published 2024 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.

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978-1-250-29028-1
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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 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.

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A "satire" that feels more every day like something that could happen

It seems that Adrian Tchaikovsky has a goal to write a stand out novel in every subgenre of science fiction there is.

I really enjoyed this post-apocalyptic novel about a robot valet who just wants to find someone he can work for.

This next part might be a spoiler: I have a feeling that Tchaikovsky read Daniel H. Wilson's How to Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion and incorporated my favourite tip which was to disguise yourself as a defective robot.