Description

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Sometime in the twenty-third century, humanity went extinct, leaving only androids behind to fulfill humanity’s dreams. And, having learned well from their long-dead masters, they’ve established a hierarchical society—one with humanoid aristo rulers at the top and slave-chipped workers at the bottom, performing the lowly tasks all androids were originally created to do.               

Designed as a concubine for a species that hasn’t existed for two hundred years, femmebot Freya Nakamichi-47—one of the last of her kind still functioning—accepts a job from a stranger to deliver a package from mercury to Mars. Unfortunately, she’s just made herself a moving target for some very powerful, very determined humanoids desperate to retrieve the package’s contents…

About the Author

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Charles Stross was born in Leeds, England in 1964. He holds degrees in pharmacy and computer science, and has worked in a variety of jobs including pharmacist, technical author, software engineer, and freelance journalist. He is now a full-time writer.

Praise For…

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"Good fun... Heinlein himself would've liked this."-San Diego Union Tribune

"Sex oozes from every page of this erotic futuristic thriller."-Publishers Weekly

"One of the most stylishly imaginative robot tales ever penned." -Booklist

"A smart and playful romp." -Times (London)

“A tightly plotted, Maltese Falcon-esque thriller with reversals and surprises galore…This is a fabulous book, a witty and deep critique of the field’s shibboleths.” – Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother