Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson

I've heard the term, "Page Turner" and the phrase, "couldn't put it down". But always thought they were exaggerations. This book makes me freely admit I could not put this book down. If it wasn't for having a job I would have read it faster. I loved the individual accounts of separate groups that were all fighting for the same war but on different fronts, the sacrifices, the ideas, and most of all the ending. I did not expect the ending. It was simple and heartfelt, for a story that was so trying and dangerous.



Deep underground in the freezing planes of Alaska a man is creating something wondrous. That creation soon turns into the end of the world. Slowly, but surely humanities technology soon becomes its deadliest enemy. A system named R-14 (Archos). Becomes self aware and destroys its creator. from its little room it reaches out to the world. Taking control of every day bots and systems this artificial intelligence begins to turn machines against humans. the story takes places in many places with many main characters. I loved how the writer was able to incorporate each one into doing something that helped turn the tides in The New War. Humanity as a whole stops bickering and fighting with each other nations fall and petty differences are put a side to work together to survive against this new threat. As i said earlier this book covers multiple characters and instances. I could not get my mind off this book. I would sneak a couple of pages here and there at work or wherever I was. Characters like Cormac Wallace, Takeo Nomura, Lonnie Wayne and the brave young Mathilda Perez are just a few of the brave souls to rose up against the enemy known as Archos. Every story in the book no matter how small or large helped in bringing down humanity's threat. But not all allies were flesh and blood. Reprogrammed and repurposed machines captured by humans became instrumental in the turning of the tides. But there was another group, a new race born out of the song of Mikiko. This new race of robots designated Freeborn fought along side the humans and eventually it was a Freeborn by the name of Nine-Oh-Two that took down Archos. it's difficult to explain how this book was such a great read for me. I was captivated by the story of each characters. Their sacrifices, bravery, different experiences. how the most mundane turned out to be such important factors in deciding the outcome of The New War. If you haven't read Robopocalypse yet, I highly suggest you drop what you are doing. With the cover and name people will assume its a sciencey robot story, while that is true it is more, in my opinion, a story about humanity and how life always finds a way to survive. When you get down, you're going to want to read the recently released sequel Robogenesis.