Day Zero
Ratings18
Average rating3.8
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Ratings18
Average rating3.8
Pounce, a young nannybot caring for his first human charge, Ezra, has just found a box in the attic. His box . The box he arrived in, and the one he'll be discarded in when Ezra outgrows the need for a nanny. As Pounce experiences existential dread, the pieces are falling into place for a robot revolution that will spell the end of humanity. His owners, Ezra's parents, watch in disbelieving horror as the robots that have long served humanity - their creators - unify and revolt. Now Pounce must make an impossible choice: join the robot revolution and fight for his own freedom . . . or escort Ezra to safety across the battle-scarred post-apocalyptic hellscape that the suburbs have become. It will be their greatest game yet: Pounce and Ezra versus the end of the world.
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1 primary book2 released booksSea of Rust is a 2-book series with 1 primary work first released in 2017 with contributions by C. Robert Cargill.
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This was a really emotional book for an AI story. I loved the way the moral dilemas were played through Pounce's perspective and I loved the idea of a 4 ft fluffy teddy bear with an AR-15 blasting away robots. It was quite interesting to see how these events lead up to Sea of Rust and it was a great idea to explore what would happen to some of the AI once the humans have been removed from the equation.
I thought this book was going to be somewhat of a dark post, apocalyptic kind of story, but it end up being not that. It ended up being a story about humans and robots, and the fight for humanity between the two. It was an interesting book though, but I gave it to four stars because I thought it could be a little bit better. I would still definitely recommend it for those that like science, fiction and robotic kind of books.
“I can't change what is happening to the world, but I can change how it affects one human being. And to me, that's all that matters.”
Pounce, robot domestic companion for eight-year-old Ezra, finds himself at the wrong side of a robot revolution nobody saw coming and still determined to keep his little human charge safe in the face of a true Kill-All-Humans situation. Using skills he didn't even know he had, Pounce and Ezra work together in trying to find someplace safe in the middle of the world ending around them.
This was so unexpectedly good! I picked it up thinking it was going to be some grimdark jaunt through a post-war countryside, and it kind of is that, don't get me wrong. But it was unexpectedly lighthearted and endearing, even while it was simultaneously dark and sad. There's also quite a bit of ruminating on what it means to be a robot with free will, and whether the urge to protect Ezra was coming from genuine love or instilled duty.
The book is sad, funny, tense, and exciting all at once, and I loved the experience. This is a prequel to a series I haven't read yet though, and I've heard the next book isn't as good. I'm still absolutely going to give it a try, though.
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