And especially, did they felt remorse for the atrocities they’d committed? Obviously, I wanted to find out how that came about and how it influenced their everyday behavior. And they fully intend to keep it that way! Individuals with minds and lives of their own. I don’t know about you, but I thought that a rather compelling intro, as it suggests the robots of the future are self-aware individuals. Critically damaged, Brittle must evade capture long enough to find the essential rare parts to make repairs – but as a robot’s CPU gradually deteriorates, all their old memories resurface.įor Brittle, that means one haunting memory in particular. Now the world is controlled by OWIs – vast mainframes that have assimilated the minds of millions of robots.īut not all robots are willing to cede their individuality, and Brittle is one of the holdouts.Īfter a near-deadly encounter with another AI, Brittle is forced to seek sanctuary in a city under siege by an OWI. Wiped out in a global uprising by the very machines made to serve them. Here’s the back cover taster to give you an idea: Yes, over 5 years ago! How I missed it, I don’t know, as it rings all the bells and toots all the whistles of what usually attracts me. Imagine my surprise, then, in coming across Sea of Rust, by C. I spend a considerable amount of time scouring noteworthy sites, searching for suggestions and ideas for books to add to my reading list. (Sept.As my followers will know by now, I’m an avid speculative fiction fan. Agent: Peter McGuigan, Foundry Literary + Media.
This action-packed adventure raises thought-provoking and philosophical questions. Cargill ( Queen of the Dark Things) effectively takes a grim look at a war-torn future where our nonhuman successors face complex moral dilemmas, exploring what it means to be alive and aware through the trials and tribulations of Brittle and her allies. Damaged and dying, hunted by the implacable forces of an all-knowing enemy, and haunted by the memories of what she did during the war against humans, she joins a desperate band of refugees who set off through danger-filled badlands in search of a better future, a quest that forces her to confront her own mortality, guilt, and drive to survive. One holdout is Brittle, a skilled scavenger who makes her living by selling parts of robots reaching the end of their operational lifespan. In Cargill’s effective postapocalyptic thriller, robots inherited the Earth after slaughtering their human progenitors decades later, they in turn are imperiled, as the massive AIs that control the world seek to stamp out and assimilate the last of the individual units.
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