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Robot Geneticists #3
Weaponized Human
The greatest threat to humanity might be one of their own.
Eve has responsibilities now. As chairwoman of the Human Welfare Committee, she is humanity’s voice in a world run by robots. Her job includes approving geneticists who want to engage in ethical human cloning as well as overseeing the agency that hunts down threats to mankind. So when one of her sisters vanishes, Eve can’t afford to abandon her post to personally search.
Eve’s agents hunt for her missing sister, but in the process, they run afoul of some influential robots. Their brutish, invasive interviews, veiled threats, and hacking threaten to bring down the wrath of more powerful committees, potentially shutting down the entire Human Protection Agency.
With her agents pulled out of the field, Eve faces a crisis. Can she follow the rules of a robotic world, even if it might cost her sister’s life?
Weaponized Human is the third book in the Robot Geneticists series. For fans of old-school science fiction where robots are people and any problem can be solved (or created) with enough scientists. If you've ever wondered what the world would be like if scientists who'd read I, Robot created a race of robots, or if you ever wondered what might be more dangerous to clone than dinosaurs, this is the series for you.
Eve has responsibilities now. As chairwoman of the Human Welfare Committee, she is humanity’s voice in a world run by robots. Her job includes approving geneticists who want to engage in ethical human cloning as well as overseeing the agency that hunts down threats to mankind. So when one of her sisters vanishes, Eve can’t afford to abandon her post to personally search.
Eve’s agents hunt for her missing sister, but in the process, they run afoul of some influential robots. Their brutish, invasive interviews, veiled threats, and hacking threaten to bring down the wrath of more powerful committees, potentially shutting down the entire Human Protection Agency.
With her agents pulled out of the field, Eve faces a crisis. Can she follow the rules of a robotic world, even if it might cost her sister’s life?
Weaponized Human is the third book in the Robot Geneticists series. For fans of old-school science fiction where robots are people and any problem can be solved (or created) with enough scientists. If you've ever wondered what the world would be like if scientists who'd read I, Robot created a race of robots, or if you ever wondered what might be more dangerous to clone than dinosaurs, this is the series for you.
241 pages, Paperback
Published July 1, 2017
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About the author
J.S. Morin
193 books615 followersI am a creator of worlds and a destroyer of words. As a fantasy writer, my works range from traditional epics to futuristic fantasy with starships. I have worked as an unpaid Little League pitcher, a cashier, a student library aide, a factory grunt, a cubicle drone, and an engineer--there is some overlap in the last two.
Through it all, though, I was always a storyteller. Eventually I started writing books based on the stray stories in my head, and people kept telling me to write more of them. Now, that's all I do for a living.
I enjoy strategy, worldbuilding, and the fantasy author's privilege to make up words. I am a gamer, a joker, and a thinker of sideways thoughts. But I don't dance, can't sing, and my best artistic efforts fall short of your average notebook doodle. When you read my books, you are seeing me at my best.
My ultimate goal is to be both clever and right at the same time. I have it on good authority that I have yet to achieve it.
Through it all, though, I was always a storyteller. Eventually I started writing books based on the stray stories in my head, and people kept telling me to write more of them. Now, that's all I do for a living.
I enjoy strategy, worldbuilding, and the fantasy author's privilege to make up words. I am a gamer, a joker, and a thinker of sideways thoughts. But I don't dance, can't sing, and my best artistic efforts fall short of your average notebook doodle. When you read my books, you are seeing me at my best.
My ultimate goal is to be both clever and right at the same time. I have it on good authority that I have yet to achieve it.
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June 28, 2017
This series has progressed into something incredibly fascinating, from a planet full of robots, made up of the personalities of deceased humans that have had their brain patterns immortalised. Each robot is a mix of these different patterns (a combination of 27 distinct personalities), and have been slowly re-building the earth for over a 1000yrs, ever since an alien invasion destroyed the human race and decimated the planet.
Now, nearly a 1000yrs later, a couple of robots have begun to clone humans, although, not with the approval of the rest of the robots. This led to the creation of a line of Eve’s, primarily, Eve14.
Whilst some robots have approval to try and re-create the human genome, or to try and re-create a working clone of a human, others have taken it on themselves to run with illegal experiments. Thus we have the ‘Robot Geneticists’ or robots that are building humans – a somewhat unique twist on things.
The result is 6 humans of a fairly close approximation, and several that live under supervised care of some of the kinder robots in a special care facility. Eve14 is one of the near perfect examples, and was going to be used to upload a robots mind into, deleting her current personality, until she was rescued.
The others in the 6 include Phoebe and Olivia, other Eve clones, as well as Plato and Zeus, two males that were created by Charlie25 when he was attempting to create the perfect body for himself.
The first book in the series focussed on the robots mainly, how they had rebuilt the Earth, the second book focussed on the rise again of the new humans, after they had been recreated by the robots. It also allowed us to gain a further understanding of this incredible new world that Morin had created.
The third book is a bit of a combination, not only continuing to follow the humans as they seek to find their way in this strange robotic world, but it also follows several of the robot characters, including Charlie7.
As Weaponized Human unfolds, we learn that Charlie is still leading the hunt for human cloners amongst the robots, and that Zeus, who is actually the downloaded Charlie25 in hiding, continues to plot the downfall of not just Charlie, but the entire Human system, so that he can control all of it. He is also secretly feeding information to the cloners, protecting them.
In the midst of all of this, Olivia has gone missing, and although she is newly emancipated, there are grave fears for her safety as everyone thinks the uploaders have gotten to her.
As with the other books, this is a beautifully crafted story, with a wonderfully created world that is just so utterly fascinating. Morin spends a lot of time on the quality of his world-building, bringing us this complex society of robots that is suddenly disrupted by the introduction of humans, and even though there are only 6 (functioning), their wide variety of personalities (each human seems to capture a different extreme on the personality scale), throws the robots orderly, committee driven society into utter chaos.
Even with the one of the humans being almost ‘robot’ like leading them, there is still too much of an emotional component for the robots to fully cope. Morin does a brilliant job of capturing each of his human characters, their psychological differences, and the resulting impacts, both on the robots and their rather delicate environment.. He also masterfully depicts the resultant reactions of the robots to each of these discretions. What is really clever, and makes this book so interesting, is that each of the robots has such a unique personality, even though for some of them, they are closely aligned in mixes.
It is part of this stories real intrigue, and shows how cleverly it is written, because it seems so real, because the entire system that the robots have seems to be solid, but the introduction of the humans really throws their entire ecosystem out of balance. Morin’s depiction of this is truly stunning, from the fear of change in some robots, the rigidity in others, some seeing it as an opportunity to make a power grab, and there are some that just want to tend their forest or woodlands without being disturbed.
There are a lot of clever twists and turns in this story, some that you see coming, some that are incredibly clever in how they are planned out to keep you guessing and make this an extraordinary story.
This is what Sci-Fi is all about – exceptional characters, engaging story, a breathtaking world that the story unfolds in, and it is just a lot of fun as well – as all stories should be. There is an incredible complexity to this story, but at the same time, a wonderful simplicity that allows you to just read and enjoy!
Don’t miss this series – Morin is one of the best in this genre!
Now, nearly a 1000yrs later, a couple of robots have begun to clone humans, although, not with the approval of the rest of the robots. This led to the creation of a line of Eve’s, primarily, Eve14.
Whilst some robots have approval to try and re-create the human genome, or to try and re-create a working clone of a human, others have taken it on themselves to run with illegal experiments. Thus we have the ‘Robot Geneticists’ or robots that are building humans – a somewhat unique twist on things.
The result is 6 humans of a fairly close approximation, and several that live under supervised care of some of the kinder robots in a special care facility. Eve14 is one of the near perfect examples, and was going to be used to upload a robots mind into, deleting her current personality, until she was rescued.
The others in the 6 include Phoebe and Olivia, other Eve clones, as well as Plato and Zeus, two males that were created by Charlie25 when he was attempting to create the perfect body for himself.
The first book in the series focussed on the robots mainly, how they had rebuilt the Earth, the second book focussed on the rise again of the new humans, after they had been recreated by the robots. It also allowed us to gain a further understanding of this incredible new world that Morin had created.
The third book is a bit of a combination, not only continuing to follow the humans as they seek to find their way in this strange robotic world, but it also follows several of the robot characters, including Charlie7.
As Weaponized Human unfolds, we learn that Charlie is still leading the hunt for human cloners amongst the robots, and that Zeus, who is actually the downloaded Charlie25 in hiding, continues to plot the downfall of not just Charlie, but the entire Human system, so that he can control all of it. He is also secretly feeding information to the cloners, protecting them.
In the midst of all of this, Olivia has gone missing, and although she is newly emancipated, there are grave fears for her safety as everyone thinks the uploaders have gotten to her.
As with the other books, this is a beautifully crafted story, with a wonderfully created world that is just so utterly fascinating. Morin spends a lot of time on the quality of his world-building, bringing us this complex society of robots that is suddenly disrupted by the introduction of humans, and even though there are only 6 (functioning), their wide variety of personalities (each human seems to capture a different extreme on the personality scale), throws the robots orderly, committee driven society into utter chaos.
Even with the one of the humans being almost ‘robot’ like leading them, there is still too much of an emotional component for the robots to fully cope. Morin does a brilliant job of capturing each of his human characters, their psychological differences, and the resulting impacts, both on the robots and their rather delicate environment.. He also masterfully depicts the resultant reactions of the robots to each of these discretions. What is really clever, and makes this book so interesting, is that each of the robots has such a unique personality, even though for some of them, they are closely aligned in mixes.
It is part of this stories real intrigue, and shows how cleverly it is written, because it seems so real, because the entire system that the robots have seems to be solid, but the introduction of the humans really throws their entire ecosystem out of balance. Morin’s depiction of this is truly stunning, from the fear of change in some robots, the rigidity in others, some seeing it as an opportunity to make a power grab, and there are some that just want to tend their forest or woodlands without being disturbed.
There are a lot of clever twists and turns in this story, some that you see coming, some that are incredibly clever in how they are planned out to keep you guessing and make this an extraordinary story.
This is what Sci-Fi is all about – exceptional characters, engaging story, a breathtaking world that the story unfolds in, and it is just a lot of fun as well – as all stories should be. There is an incredible complexity to this story, but at the same time, a wonderful simplicity that allows you to just read and enjoy!
Don’t miss this series – Morin is one of the best in this genre!
July 13, 2017
Your body is a temple. Don't get evicted!
Routine inspections of genetic research facilities, a friend's disappearance from online life, and the first hesitant steps of biological romance, rapidly spiral into mortal peril, exploding skyroamers, and bureaucratic warfare, as our favourite post-extinction humans find themselves pawns in a power play between influential robot committees.
This is another fun roller-coaster tale in the world of the Robot Geneticists. Fans of the previous books will be pleased with the return of Eve, Plato, and (especially) Charlie7.
I received a free advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The first third of the page count seems to follow several unrelated threads in a day-in-the-life style; but don't worry, it's all going somewhere, and leads to a "holy crap" moment that sets the hook deep for the remainder of the story. Charlie7, a mysterious Merlin-like character, is appropriately not a main protagonist; however, the mystery that shrouds his past slips back a little more with each book, making him one of the most compelling characters in the series. As in previous installments, we learn a little bit more of his backstory and inner workings in a tantalizing drip of small but startling revelations.
Robots are such interesting entities in this series. They are coldly logical, but follow the priorities and prejudices of the long-dead humans on which their crystal minds were modeled. Weaponized Human uses this collision of mind/machine hybrids and naive lab-grown humans to explore issues relevant to today: privacy rights vs. law enforcement, the safety of oversight vs. the freedom to make one's own mistakes, and the exploitation of the most well-intended laws.
The language is light, the pace is brisk, and the characters are fun. Recommended.
Routine inspections of genetic research facilities, a friend's disappearance from online life, and the first hesitant steps of biological romance, rapidly spiral into mortal peril, exploding skyroamers, and bureaucratic warfare, as our favourite post-extinction humans find themselves pawns in a power play between influential robot committees.
This is another fun roller-coaster tale in the world of the Robot Geneticists. Fans of the previous books will be pleased with the return of Eve, Plato, and (especially) Charlie7.
I received a free advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The first third of the page count seems to follow several unrelated threads in a day-in-the-life style; but don't worry, it's all going somewhere, and leads to a "holy crap" moment that sets the hook deep for the remainder of the story. Charlie7, a mysterious Merlin-like character, is appropriately not a main protagonist; however, the mystery that shrouds his past slips back a little more with each book, making him one of the most compelling characters in the series. As in previous installments, we learn a little bit more of his backstory and inner workings in a tantalizing drip of small but startling revelations.
Robots are such interesting entities in this series. They are coldly logical, but follow the priorities and prejudices of the long-dead humans on which their crystal minds were modeled. Weaponized Human uses this collision of mind/machine hybrids and naive lab-grown humans to explore issues relevant to today: privacy rights vs. law enforcement, the safety of oversight vs. the freedom to make one's own mistakes, and the exploitation of the most well-intended laws.
The language is light, the pace is brisk, and the characters are fun. Recommended.
June 27, 2017
This is the best book yet in this series. The machinations of the unsavory robots are just egregious. And, Charlie 7, the "father" of robot kind, is smart enough that he's going to be able to foil them. I just know it! He's brilliant, revered, and cheeky. I just love his character.
Meanwhile, the humans are finding their way. Eve has matured into a force to be reckoned with. Her sisters are growing up and a second generation is birthed.
The humans and the respectable robots will be in for a fight of their lives when the robot/human wannabes are ready for their uprising.
J.S. Morin has outdone himself with this book. The twists that take place are incredible. I can't wait for the next book.
I was given an ARC for my honest review. My opinions are truly my own.
Meanwhile, the humans are finding their way. Eve has matured into a force to be reckoned with. Her sisters are growing up and a second generation is birthed.
The humans and the respectable robots will be in for a fight of their lives when the robot/human wannabes are ready for their uprising.
J.S. Morin has outdone himself with this book. The twists that take place are incredible. I can't wait for the next book.
I was given an ARC for my honest review. My opinions are truly my own.
June 28, 2017
Another wonderful read. In this chapter we get to see more of the difficulties faced by new humans trying to make their way in the robotic world of Earth. Robots and humans coming together to live a new and happy life....not so much! I enjoyed all the deception on both sides, some you know is coming and some is a surprise. I look forward to the next book!
I received a free advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I received a free advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
July 1, 2017
Brilliant series, Have really enjoyed it so far, the plot is about how People became extinct for a 1000 years until robots started cloning them, some robots have sinister reasons for the cloning and others really just want to help out, this series has adventure, action, suspense , mystery , twists and turns and great Science Fiction.
If your a Sci Fi reader and like robot story's this will be the book for you, just as good as Assimov , it is great to have a new Robot Series available.
If your a Sci Fi reader and like robot story's this will be the book for you, just as good as Assimov , it is great to have a new Robot Series available.
July 8, 2020
A great novel in terms of forward-thinking and as well the great what if and what would occur if the human race only had one chance of survival no spoilers, the books and series, in general, are worth the read because it follows many characters from beginning middle and ends you will understand what I mean.
October 6, 2022
This story keeps getting better, i love seeing the way each of the humans personalites are developing. There is constant manipulation, secret plans and so much more going on in this book. Judging by the end Plato is finally getting a little less clueless and I can't wait to find out more of what is happening in the next book.
May 26, 2025
I really wanted to like this series, but I officially dropped off mid way through chapter 51. Taking the plot of book 2 and cranking up the political implications to 11 was great. I wanted to think most of the 'hormonal' spiels it kept going on about was just a case of 'men writing women', but a young girl is literally trying to seduce a 1000 year old man in a 12 year old's body. No.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 17, 2017
Morin got me good with this one. I am not a robot fancier, but I tried it because of many other books he has written, and he got me. There are more worthwhile thoughts brought up in this series, than any other books I have read in which robots play significant roles.
December 5, 2025
If the books in this series I’ve read up to this point, this was my least favorite. Soooooo many politics. But also, Plato?!?!? Come on man. Do better. Hated that part of the story.
Cannot wait to see what comes of Gemini and Charlie 25.
3 stars.
Cannot wait to see what comes of Gemini and Charlie 25.
3 stars.
November 21, 2017
Interesting story. Read it on recommendation of family member
November 25, 2019
Really love this series. Will be purchasing next book shortly. Excellent characters, great plots & story arc.
December 2, 2019
Good continuation of the series. I look forward to seeing how things turn out.
December 17, 2020
Absolutely loved the book. The whole idea was very interesting! Thank you very much for writing this.
November 23, 2023
Great continuation of the series with some really interesting character grown, intrigue and excitement.
April 5, 2021
A good continuation of a great series.
October 23, 2019
Not as exciting as the first two. Took a long time to get going. But the end was good.
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