Machines Dream of Metal Gods

The Robot Planet #1

by Robert Chazz Chute

Our world fell to war and natural disasters. Robots powered by the Next Intelligence are taking over. Buckle up your exo-skeleton. We're in a new war now. Trapped in a job she hates, Elizabeth Cruz is a young woman who is supposedly one of the lucky ones. She lives in the City in the Sky, both an idyllic home and a prison. Her vision is enhanced but love is forbidden. Somehow, against the rules, Elizabeth finds love in the apocalypse. Then she finds hate. Then the robots come for her. Welcome to Robot Planet. It's their world. We just live in it. READER This is the first novella of the Robot Planet Series. 33,500 words Science Fiction, SFF Apocalyptic and Post-apocalyptic Few instances of foul language References to Isaac Asimov, George Orwell, 1984 and Animal Farm Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Alcatraz, Hearst Castle

Genres: Science Fiction

221 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 30, 2015

About the author

After escaping retail hell, I trained as a journalist and worked in newspapers and magazines before becoming a drone in the book publishing hive. I worked for Harlequin, The Canadian Book Information Centre, Lester & Orpen Dennys and Cannon Books in various capacities in editorial, publicity and sales. I learned a lot about what not to do. (All of the above companies are dead and gone except, of course, for Harlequin. I didn't kill them. It was suicide.)

I went over the wall again and worked a few miracles in the field of alternative medicine. Then "they sentenced me to 20 years of boredom, for trying to change the system from within." (Identify that quote and we are inextricably, irrevocably friends.)

Writing full-time now, I tell everyone I'm "in Suspense." I hope you read, review and enjoy my books.

Reviews

[David Pospisil · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a 1 until about halfway through when they got to Santa Cruz.
Loved the trip there and the stuff they discovered.
Also loved the girls visit to the city at the end.
I think I have read so many books like this that I need something new to inspire me.
The end of this book would probably motivate me to try the next in the series.

[Mark Young · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really great speculative fiction with a compelling female lead you'll love to cheer on. Plausible and horrifying in equal measure, like the deadly polite robots who are always so chillingly civil. Can't wait for the next installment in the series.