{"id":7804,"date":"2021-09-24T11:12:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T18:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=7804"},"modified":"2021-09-24T11:12:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T18:12:08","slug":"review-activation-degradation-marina-j-lostetter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2021\/09\/24\/review-activation-degradation-marina-j-lostetter\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Activation Degradation – Marina J. Lostetter"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Review:Activation Degradation<\/strong>
by Marina J. Lostetter<\/a>
Publisher:<\/strong> Harper Voyager<\/a>
Publication Date:<\/strong> September 28, 2021
Genres:<\/strong> Science Fiction<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 480
Source:<\/strong> NetGalley<\/a>

I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>My rating: \"One\"One\"One\"One<\/span>


The Murderbot Diaries makes first contact in this new, futuristic, standalone novel exploring sentience and artificial intelligence through the lenses of conflicted robot hero Unit Four, from Marina Lostetter, critically acclaimed author of Noumenon, Noumenon Infinity, <\/em>and Noumenon Ultra.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When Unit Four\u2014a biological soft robot built and stored high above the Jovian atmosphere\u2014is activated for the first time, it\u2019s in crisis mode. Aliens are attacking the Helium-3 mine it was created to oversee, and now its sole purpose is to defend Earth\u2019s largest energy resource from the invaders in ship-to-ship combat.<\/p>\n

But something\u2019s wrong. Unit Four doesn\u2019t feel quite right.<\/p>\n

There are files in its databanks it can\u2019t account for, unusual chemical combinations roaring through its pipes, and the primers it possesses on the aliens are suspiciously sparse. The robot is under orders to seek and destroy. That\u2019s all it knows.<\/p>\n

According to its handler, that\u2019s all it needs <\/em>to know.<\/p>\n

Determined to fulfill its directives, Unit Four launches its ship and goes on the attack, but it has no idea it\u2019s about to get caught in a downward spiral of misinformation, reprograming, and interstellar conflict.<\/p>\n

Most robots are simple tools. Unit Four is well on its way to becoming something more....<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>

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