The preserve : a novel / Ariel S. Winter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winter, Ariel S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robots--Fiction.

Robots.

Artificial intelligence--Fiction.

Artificial intelligence.

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Murder.

Murder--Investigation.

Genre:

Fiction.

Cyberpunk fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Science fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Physical Description:

239 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Emily Bestler Books, Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2020.

Summary:

"Decimated by plague, the human population is now a minority. Robots--complex AIs almost indistinguishable from humans--are the ruling majority. Nine months ago, in a controversial move, the robot government opened a series of preserves, designated areas where humans can choose to live without robot interference. Now the preserves face their first challenge: someone has been murdered. Chief of Police Jesse Laughton on the SoCar Preserve is assigned to the case. He fears the factions that were opposed to the preserves will use the crime as evidence that the new system does not work. As he digs for information, robots in the outside world start turning up dead from bad drug-like programs that may have originated on SoCar land. And when Laughton learns his murder victim was a hacker who wrote drug-programs, it appears that the two cases might be linked. Soon, it's clear that the entire preserve system is in danger of collapsing. Laughton's former partner, a robot named Kir, arrives to assist on the case, and they soon uncover shocking secrets revealing that life on the preserve is not as peaceful as its human residents claim. But in order to protect humanity's new way of life, Laughton must solve this murder before it's too late."-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Winter, Ariel S., The preserve

ISBN:

9781476797885

1476797889

OCLC:

1139764953

Publisher Number:

99986099087