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David H. Rothman, author of the just-published Drone Child and an earlier novel, The Solomon Scandals, is a former poverty beat reporter. The Washington City Paper praised Scandals for "the same dark zeal Hammett held for Frisco or Chandler had for Los Angeles." In addition, Rothman has written six nonfiction books on technology topics. Junior Boweya in Kinshasa, a translator, software-localization expert, and businessman, fact-checked Child and otherwise offered an invaluable Congolese perspective. So did the activist Jean Félix Mwema Ngandu, a former Mandela Fellow. Read more at DroneChild.com and SolomonScandals.com. ...more

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	Drone Child: A Novel of War, Family, and Survival 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Solomon Scandals 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ize Examined: Realize All the Power of Ize to Manage the Resources of the Information Age 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	NetWorld!: What People Are Really Doing on the Internet, and What It Means to You 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Drones in real life, too: Armed drones vs. M23 rebels in the Congo

Drones play a major role in the fictional civil war in Drone Child: A Novel of War, Family, and Survival. They also show up in real life.

As reported by Africa Insider and other outlets, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is spending $800 million on drones to bomb Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. Supervised by a French Foreign Legion veteran, Romanian mercenaries will fly about 10 Chinese-made drones,

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Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler

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