Demon 4

by David Mace

World War III is over.

Everyone knows it. Every survivor, every man, woman and child left on Earth knows it.

But KRAK-1 doesn't. In the depths of the ocean, its mighty engines still pulse, a nuclear doomsday machine fast approaching the fail-safe point.

No one alive can stop it so the desperate survivors decide to send a machine to kill a machine.

But DEMON-4 is more than a machine. Its control unit wired into the brain of a soldier sacrificed in the war, it has near-human awareness - which is growing all the time.

When it realizes what it is, when it realizes its power, will DEMON-4 be willing to destroy itself in the service of man? Or will it have other plans?

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

184 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Mateusz Knorps · Rating 4 out of 5]

A decent, coherent story about a world in the aftermath of a total war. The ending is a bit lacking since it does not resolve the started plot points completely, but it fits the overall theme of pointlessness.

[James]

The survivors of World War III desperately use a machine, which contains a human brain, to defuse a powerful nuclear bomb