Robot Proletariat: Season Two

by Sean Platt

We created them. Now they may destroy us.

Cromwell, Mars, and the rest of the Lexington Estate’s robots have stepped well beyond the bounds of where robot consciousness was ever meant to go. They’ve become far more than the butlers, maids, and sexbots they were designed to be, confronted with the most impossible question of all: what is next?

The programming said, A robot may not harm a human being. But now a man lies dead by robot hands.

War

Humanity’s high society trundles on, limping through the motions as though nothing is wrong. Only a few are bright enough to sense the truth of what’s going on — that the world is changing, no matter how hard society tries to keep from changing with it.

Only one thing seems certain: an inevitable conflict between human and robot. It is a problem that cannot be ignored, that cannot be put aside as the Lexington robots try to wrestle with their new, elevated consciousness.

There are other robotics companies in the world. That means there are other robots. Not all of them will take to their transition as gently as the Lexingtons…

This second volume of dystopian science fiction — part cyberpunk, part science fiction techno thriller — dares to imagine a humanity advanced enough to engineer its own race of slaves, yet complacent enough to ignore the threat their new servants possess … possibly until it is too late.

Robot Proletariat is Downton Abbey meets Battlestar Galactica, Gosford Park meets I Robot. It's the story of a people who've reached their limits and found the means to stand atop their metal legs and fight … even if they aren't "people" at all.

PRAISE FOR ROBOT PROLETARIAT

A unique twist on a class warfare underdog story, worth "booting up"!

An incredible take on the "robot uprising" genre. Platt and Truant do an incredible job in making you take the side of the new heroes in this story: the robots.

I loved this book. It's amazing how the characters were so human … even though they are robots.

Genres: Science Fiction

268 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 19, 2015

About the author

Sean loves writing books, even more than reading them. He is co-founder of Collective Inkwell and Realm & Sands imprints, writes for children under the name Guy Incognito, and has more than his share of nose.

Together with co-authors David Wright and Johnny B. Truant, Sean has written the series Yesterdays Gone, WhiteSpace, ForNevermore, Available Darkness, Dark Crossings, Unicorn Western, The Beam, Namaste, Robot Proletariat, Cursed, Greens, Space Shuttle, and Everyone Gets Divorced. He also co-wrote the how-to indie book, Write. Publish. Repeat.

With Collective Inkwell
Yesterday's Gone: Post Apocalyptic - LOST by way of The Stand
WhiteSpace: Paranoid thriller on fictitious Hamilton Island
ForNevermore: YA horror that reads nothing like YA Horror
Available Darkness: A new breed of vampire thriller
Dark Crossings: Short stories, killer endings

With 47North
Z 2134: The Walking Dead meets The Hunger Games
Monstrous: Beauty and the Beast meets The Punisher

With Realm & Sands
Unicorn Western: The best story to ever come from a stupid idea
The Beam: Smart sci-fi to make you wonder exactly who we are
Namaste: A revenge thriller like nothing you've ever read
Robot Proletariat: The revolution starts here
Cursed: The old werewolf legend turned upside down
Greens: Retail noir comedy
Space Shuttle: Over the top comedy with all your favorite sci-fi characters
Everyone Gets Divorced: Like "Always Sunny" and "How I Met Your Mother" had a baby on your Kindle

Sean lives in Austin, TX with his wife, daughter, and son.
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Reviews

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

RP Season two is more intense and philosophical than Season One, and it has so much dialogue, it makes you wonder where they're going with it. But Platt and Truant write another great story that keeps you in suspense up until the cliffhanger ending that leaves you wanting more and hoping there's a Season 3.

[Multiplication · Rating 4 out of 5]

It felt a little drawn out at times, but I really enjoyed this. The authors' blog says that there will be 4 more seasons; I really look forward to the next books.

[Barbara · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't like this second book nearly as much as the first one. There is more philosophical dialog than action, though there are chase scenes and threats to confront. As robots gain emotional complexity, they experience a sense of instability, but I'm not sure if that's good or bad even though the older robots think the increase in ideas and making personal choices means they are evolving. The plot can be hard to follow, and the motivations of the different characters are not always clear. The human characters are all viewed through the perceptions of the robots, so there are gaps in understanding them too, which I don't mind at all. But, the ending didn't make any sense to me either, which isn't fine. There will either be more books in the series or not, but there should be more of a distinct ending to this book. I was left wondering what I'd missed, so I went back a few pages and tried to figure out if I hadn't remembered important dialog, but I hadn't missed anything. This is the first book by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant that I haven't really enjoyed.

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this 2nd book immensely and found it quite a page turner. If I were to criticize it on a point, that is the continuity moving from the end of book #1 to the beginning of book #2 seemed incomplete. So then I wondered if Book #2 could be picked and read by someone who never read book # 1 ? In other words, can book #2 be a 'stand alone' or was it ever intended to be a 'stand alone' book. Kind of like watching episode 2 on tv before watching episode 1.
Hmmmmmmmmm

Well, thinking that perhaps I was overthinking, I thought 'just read the damned book !" Lol. And, I enjoyed it. EVERY PAGE of it. The characters, the depths, and the story line etc. I enjoyed the entire book ! So, whether you have read book #1 or not....... just read the book ! Lol.

[Carol · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the story but it got a bit slow for me at times... last part was great.. but not sure whether I would be interested in a third book...

[Dawn Amato · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read

I enjoyed the story and cheered on the robots. What comes next? Is season three being written? Let the robot wars begin.

[Jason Siegfried · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Robot Proletariat series is developing nicely. The twists and turns are clever and amazing. I can't wait to read season 3.

[David Blaylock · Rating 3 out of 5]

This took quite a while to get through. I liked it a bit more than book 1 of the series.