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Robopocalypse by Daniel H Wilson

Robopocalypse is set in the near future, when at a co-ordinated moment that goes un-noticed by humans, all the technology that runs our world suddenly and spontaneously malfunctions. It unites and turns against its creators, us.

A massively powerful artificial intelligence called Archos has been created and cannot be contained. Humanity has no idea when it starts to take over our cars, power grids, aircraft guidance systems, and computer networks, but soon it has control over the entire global system that runs our lives.

In the early months, only a handful of technological glitches are noticed by humans across the globe. A US congresswoman senses a menacing new awareness in her daughter's 'smart doll', a lonely inventor is victimised by his domestic robot companion, an American soldier in Afghanistan witnesses the violent meltdown of a military pacification unit and a hacker in London unwittingly accesses a hidden network putting him face to face with a merciless digital entity.

This digital, futuristic, sci-fi thriller has readers contemplating where our new technologies are leading us, as they embark on an edge of their seat ride that will see humankind both decimated and unified. Can humans stop the monsters they have created though? This is a thrilling read, and just watch for the movie to be made.

RRP $40.00
Published by Penguin Group under the Simon and Schuster title

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