The Preserve
Book Feature - The Preserve by Ariel S. Winter
HBL Note: Is Ariel S. Winter clairvoyant? Did he predict the insanity that is 2020 when he wrote this book? Just wondering, because The Preserve is set in the near future, which is decimated by plague. At that sounds eerily similar to what we are experiencing this year. Except for the part that robots, identical to humans in appearance, are now the majority of the population. There is that small difference. Scroll down to read all about The Preserve by Ariel S. Winter.
Book Feature - The Preserve by Ariel S. Winter
Book Feature - The Preserve by Ariel S. Winter
From the publisher:
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.
Book Feature - The Preserve by Ariel S. Winter
