MAN IN A BOX

by Joshua Todd James, Virtual Voice (Narrator)

While on the run from the authorities, Jacob Kind finds himself a prisoner on a farm that trains synthetic Companions such as himself to fight in a box for the entertainment of others, a new kind of rural gladiator. Forced to kill his own kind in a hole in the ground, Jacob turns into a rebel leader of his fellow slaves and realizes his kind will never be free unless he can teach them to do what he somehow learned... how to fight back and use the violence against humans.

I, ROBOT meets SPARTACUS in this Sci-Fi Thriller.

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Published October 11, 2025

About the author

JOSHUA TODD JAMES is the author of THE COMPANION CHRONICLES, detailing the adventures of synthetic person Jacob Kind in the novellas SOME ANIMALS, MINORITY OF ONE, FREEDOM RUN, MAN IN THE BOX, RENEGADE, and DOMO ARIGATO, MISTER ROBOTO.

An active member of the WGAE, he’s written the feature films Pound Of Flesh, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Take Cover, starring Scott Adkins and Alive Eve, among others.

His plays (under the name Joshua James) are also published on Amazon and elsewhere.

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