Synthizens: Expulsion

Sick Robot #3

by D.C. Lozar

In the third installment of the Sick Robot series, John has successfully contaminated all the synthetic life forms inside Amaca with his disease and the robot revolution is at hand. Oblivious to their risk, Norbert and his beautiful wife, Teresa, are reporters from competing newspapers assigned to investigate a glitch in the wall protecting their city from the Barelands. Theresa is due to deliver soon, but the couple decides to cover one last story before they become parents. Unfortunately, they stumble onto ground zero of the revolution and soon find themselves standing toe-to-toe against thousands of androids bent on exiling humanity.

40 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 19, 2017

About the author

I've traveled Europe and the Middle East, canoed the Everglades, and spelunked through caves that rivaled Tom Sawyer's. As a medical student and resident, I worked in trauma surgery at Cook County, Chicago (the inspiration for the TV series E.R.), and then tried my hand at Family Practice in the rural backwoods of Massachusetts. Married to the love of my life with two talented children, I moved to the West Coast to practice medicine and write young adult fiction. I create stories about what it's like to be an outsider because I believe the fear of rejection resonates with all of us. My books are filled with strange lands, robots, and funky monsters, because the one thing a misunderstood loner does better than anyone else is save the world.

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great book. The concept was so original and well executed. I was enthralled and wondering where the story would take me all the way to the end where I was surprised at the ending. I did have some difficulty trying to discern the ending of each of the three stories but that was mostly because they flowed pretty seamlessly.

Alexander Doddy was a perfect fit for the narrator. He allowed me to immerse in the story completely.

[Aurora · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this final book of the trilogy, the robot revolution is at hand and a new world is on the cusp of being born. We return to the young reporter from the first book, John, the original sick robot and others to wrap up the story. The robot characters are well developed and sympathetic while maintaining some of their robotic awkwardness. Interesting reading.

[Netanella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it! The twist in the end was unexpected and bloodthirsty and reminiscent of "Planet of the Apes," oddly enough. At least for me.

There's a few editing snafus on my version of the Kindle, at around 75% or so. A quite read-through with an editorial comb will take care of that nicely. Or a tentacled reaper, perhaps.

Kudos to the author! A very enjoyable series.