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Clonedroid: The New Wave
The problem with building something smarter than us is… It’s smarter than us.
In the late 21st Century, the first cloned human with an android brain is created. He’s humanity’s crowning achievement. He’s an intelligent, sentient being. And, he’s about to be killed. Explore the boundaries of science and humanity in this award-winning sci-fi thriller.
Prototype 2112 (Abe) is a remarkable advancement in science, but his existence as a lucrative medical product for the biotech firm, MACC, has embroiled his creators in controversy. To protect their interests, executives unleash a profitable strategy to eliminate the problem in favor of a less thorny line of clonedroid. But their plan doesn’t sit well with Abe’s designer. Opposing the directive, Dr. Tamera Everette, gets caught up in a whirlwind of duplicity as she fights to save her prototype, only to face a no-win scenario.
Meanwhile, Abe has a different vision for the future and greater potential than anyone realizes. With the clock ticking and a storm of uncertainty raging around him, clonedroid 2112 executes plans of his own.
And, the countdown begins...
CLONEDROID The New Wave is a clever, thought-provoking novel that reviewers are comparing with the works of Asimov, Heinlein, Bradbury, Cook, and Crichton. This high-concept technothriller is written in a classic style with a modern feel and infused with a superb blend of cutting-edge science and a hint of the dystopian. Bronson exposes the dangers of making hasty scientific leaps, and masterfully delves into who we are as an evolving species and where we’re headed in the near future. CLONEDROID is a 2020 FAPA President's Book Awards gold medal-winning novel. This is hard science fiction at its best!
Available in Kindle eBook and paperback formats on Amazon.
Winner of the Florida Authors and Publishers Association (FAPA) President's Book Award (Gold) for Adult Fiction-Genre: Science Fiction (2020) and President's Book Award (Bronze) for Cover Design: Adult (2021)
In the late 21st Century, the first cloned human with an android brain is created. He’s humanity’s crowning achievement. He’s an intelligent, sentient being. And, he’s about to be killed. Explore the boundaries of science and humanity in this award-winning sci-fi thriller.
Prototype 2112 (Abe) is a remarkable advancement in science, but his existence as a lucrative medical product for the biotech firm, MACC, has embroiled his creators in controversy. To protect their interests, executives unleash a profitable strategy to eliminate the problem in favor of a less thorny line of clonedroid. But their plan doesn’t sit well with Abe’s designer. Opposing the directive, Dr. Tamera Everette, gets caught up in a whirlwind of duplicity as she fights to save her prototype, only to face a no-win scenario.
Meanwhile, Abe has a different vision for the future and greater potential than anyone realizes. With the clock ticking and a storm of uncertainty raging around him, clonedroid 2112 executes plans of his own.
And, the countdown begins...
CLONEDROID The New Wave is a clever, thought-provoking novel that reviewers are comparing with the works of Asimov, Heinlein, Bradbury, Cook, and Crichton. This high-concept technothriller is written in a classic style with a modern feel and infused with a superb blend of cutting-edge science and a hint of the dystopian. Bronson exposes the dangers of making hasty scientific leaps, and masterfully delves into who we are as an evolving species and where we’re headed in the near future. CLONEDROID is a 2020 FAPA President's Book Awards gold medal-winning novel. This is hard science fiction at its best!
Available in Kindle eBook and paperback formats on Amazon.
Winner of the Florida Authors and Publishers Association (FAPA) President's Book Award (Gold) for Adult Fiction-Genre: Science Fiction (2020) and President's Book Award (Bronze) for Cover Design: Adult (2021)
227 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 31, 2019
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About the author
Cate Bronson
1 book1 followerCate Bronson is an award-winning science fiction author and Writer’s Digest mainstream-literary short story winner. As a political science graduate and investment accountant turned writer of thrillers and narrative nonfiction, Bronson has authored stories and articles for a variety of publications. In 2018, she became a contributor to CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL, and in 2020, won a gold medal with her high-concept technothriller, CLONEDROID THE NEW WAVE, for Adult Science Fiction in the FAPA President's Book Awards. In 2021, CLONEDROID won another award in Adult Cover Design for the brilliant eBook image created by artist Deb Von Cannon. Bronson has also received recognition with Writer's Digest, winning an award of honorable mention for her mainstream/literary short story A BIT MORE THAN WE COULD CHEW.
Cate Bronson’s love for science and fiction began when she was a child, with Gene Roddenberry's original Star Trek series and Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. Her fascination grew with exposure to Isaac Asimov, Ayn Rand, Larry Niven, Robert J. Sawyer, and Michael Crichton, to name a few. Bronson’s writing reflects these influences, along with her passion for exploring what makes the cosmos and everything within it tick.
On the lighter side, her nonfiction centers closer to home, focusing on her family and devotion to animal welfare. Cate Bronson lives in Florida with her husband and rescued racing dogs. She spends time reading and writing in the sunshine while giant hounds lounge by her side.
For more information about Cate Bronson and future publications, visit www.catebronson.com
Cate Bronson’s love for science and fiction began when she was a child, with Gene Roddenberry's original Star Trek series and Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. Her fascination grew with exposure to Isaac Asimov, Ayn Rand, Larry Niven, Robert J. Sawyer, and Michael Crichton, to name a few. Bronson’s writing reflects these influences, along with her passion for exploring what makes the cosmos and everything within it tick.
On the lighter side, her nonfiction centers closer to home, focusing on her family and devotion to animal welfare. Cate Bronson lives in Florida with her husband and rescued racing dogs. She spends time reading and writing in the sunshine while giant hounds lounge by her side.
For more information about Cate Bronson and future publications, visit www.catebronson.com
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July 30, 2019
This novel, Bronson's first, whet my appetite for more sci fi. A lot more sci fi, which was my favorite genre as a kid, and which I'm rediscovering the joy of at the ripe age of...er...never mind. In his Masterclass on writing fiction, Dan Brown says to have a ticking clock. This novel has a clock that feels as if it's ticking off the hours of a death watch, right in the clonedroiod's head. Poor creature.
You can read the synopsis for Clonedroid elsewhere, but I do believe Bronson is onto a winning character in Prototype 2112, nicknamed Abe by his creator. This novel kept me turning the pages to know what happened next, but even more so, turning the pages to learn more about Abe. By the end of the book, I realized we only had a glimpse of this newly-imagined creature, and that left me wanting more.
To give you an idea of the novel's conundrum, in my own family's lore, my grandmother raised a hog from a piglet: Charlotte. Could there have been a worse name? Even worse than that, thereafter, servings of ham and bacon and pork chops were accompanied by Grandma announcing cheerfully, "Here's some of Charlotte!"
"Your first mistake was naming it," said one of the characters to Dr. Tamera Everett, who conceived 2112. Maybe. Maybe her first mistake was creating Abe. If there is a sequel in the works, I'm eager to know the direction the story takes. I like Abe a lot, but he's pretty scary too. I certainly hope his tale continues.
Well done!
You can read the synopsis for Clonedroid elsewhere, but I do believe Bronson is onto a winning character in Prototype 2112, nicknamed Abe by his creator. This novel kept me turning the pages to know what happened next, but even more so, turning the pages to learn more about Abe. By the end of the book, I realized we only had a glimpse of this newly-imagined creature, and that left me wanting more.
To give you an idea of the novel's conundrum, in my own family's lore, my grandmother raised a hog from a piglet: Charlotte. Could there have been a worse name? Even worse than that, thereafter, servings of ham and bacon and pork chops were accompanied by Grandma announcing cheerfully, "Here's some of Charlotte!"
"Your first mistake was naming it," said one of the characters to Dr. Tamera Everett, who conceived 2112. Maybe. Maybe her first mistake was creating Abe. If there is a sequel in the works, I'm eager to know the direction the story takes. I like Abe a lot, but he's pretty scary too. I certainly hope his tale continues.
Well done!
May 10, 2019
Superb!
One of the best sci-fi books I read in recent memory. The author has a great writing style, captures corporate and social dynamics, the characters are quite believable with strong real emotions, the main AI character is compelling, the science is solid and believable. Some very good discussions on the ethics of cloning and organ harvesting of potentially sentient beings. add a final dash of some philosophy and you have a fantastic read! I sure hope there's a sequel this would be a great series.
One of the best sci-fi books I read in recent memory. The author has a great writing style, captures corporate and social dynamics, the characters are quite believable with strong real emotions, the main AI character is compelling, the science is solid and believable. Some very good discussions on the ethics of cloning and organ harvesting of potentially sentient beings. add a final dash of some philosophy and you have a fantastic read! I sure hope there's a sequel this would be a great series.
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June 26, 2019I found Clonedroid to be a suspenseful and exciting read. The topic is relevant to modern times. It adds one more layer to the question, how long should a human live. With cloning, it could be forever. As long as you can afford it.
This also probes into the alternative idea of, if we clone, it is human. Or, on a metaphysical level, does it have a soul.
Abe is created as an experiment, but the timing couldn't be more off. The company that "owns" him falls under scrutiny for various legal matters and will require him to pull out of the slump. The time to turn Abe over to the system is only hours away, and then ethics kick in. Would dismantling him be murder? All so that someone else could live longer than they really need. Sure, he might help someone with a condition, but isn't that a form of population control? Nature at its best.
Abe has a long game running and has it in place. Thought out to the last microsecond, literally. A little help from his friend, and creator, but don't call her that, and it is all set. All it takes is playing into an ego maniac's hands and he's home free. The only person who might be able to detect the escape is retiring seconds later.
This kept me coming back. The characters are developed and even detailed. I pictured each one of them as they walked onto the scene. Now, to wait for the sequel.
This also probes into the alternative idea of, if we clone, it is human. Or, on a metaphysical level, does it have a soul.
Abe is created as an experiment, but the timing couldn't be more off. The company that "owns" him falls under scrutiny for various legal matters and will require him to pull out of the slump. The time to turn Abe over to the system is only hours away, and then ethics kick in. Would dismantling him be murder? All so that someone else could live longer than they really need. Sure, he might help someone with a condition, but isn't that a form of population control? Nature at its best.
Abe has a long game running and has it in place. Thought out to the last microsecond, literally. A little help from his friend, and creator, but don't call her that, and it is all set. All it takes is playing into an ego maniac's hands and he's home free. The only person who might be able to detect the escape is retiring seconds later.
This kept me coming back. The characters are developed and even detailed. I pictured each one of them as they walked onto the scene. Now, to wait for the sequel.
July 10, 2019
Super fun hard sci-fi novella in the vein of Asimov and Heinlein. Page turner all the way through, and I love that I couldn’t predict the ending.
April 10, 2019
Fantastic new "classic" hard science fiction
Opinion only - no story spoilers
This book was a treat to read. It reminded me of the classic hard sci find that used to be more prevalent. Like Asimov's later writing in style, but with Crichton's technical detail. It even has the social commentary typical of classic sci fi, along with real science. At the mid point of the book, I couldn't put it down and finished in one shot. Hopefully we see more of this.
Opinion only - no story spoilers
This book was a treat to read. It reminded me of the classic hard sci find that used to be more prevalent. Like Asimov's later writing in style, but with Crichton's technical detail. It even has the social commentary typical of classic sci fi, along with real science. At the mid point of the book, I couldn't put it down and finished in one shot. Hopefully we see more of this.
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