Saturn's Children
Author | : Charles Stross |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2008-07-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781440634840 |
ISBN-13 | : 144063484X |
Rating | : 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Sometime in the twenty-third century, humanity went extinct, leaving only androids behind to fulfill humanity’s dreams. And, having learned well from their long-dead masters, they’ve established a hierarchical society—one with humanoid aristo rulers at the top and slave-chipped workers at the bottom, performing the lowly tasks all androids were originally created to do. Designed as a concubine for a species that hasn’t existed for two hundred years, femmebot Freya Nakamichi-47—one of the last of her kind still functioning—accepts a job from a stranger to deliver a package from mercury to Mars. Unfortunately, she’s just made herself a moving target for some very powerful, very determined humanoids desperate to retrieve the package’s contents…