This novel is about the relationship between robots and humans and how the lines between them can become blurred. We follow multiple characters who experience brutality and tenderness, sadness and hope as they explore what it means to really live. This vivid world's cyberpunk grittiness and speculative wonder is beautifully created and will appeal to readers who enjoy character-driven scifi with emotional depth.
The darkness was Yoyo's body. Slivers of light glided around him. [...] A spot on his neck flared white, then his head straightened. His arms popped into each socket. The autopsy cut down his chest began to stitch itself shut with a hiss.
When the chemical reactions within reached and lit up his skull, spilling through the socket of one eye, Taewon thought, Finally. If his body was the vastness of the universe, his rage was infinite and luminous. [...]
Mr. Mo began to laugh. High-pitched with hysteria. [...] Taewon could no longer see Yoyo's face. Not even when he knelt beside Mr. Mo, who had stopped laughing. When Yoyo took Mr. Mo's other hand, Taewon knew the sound before he heard it.
Crunch.
Over the broken wail of pain, Taewon twitched and pulled himself up, and rasped, 'Stop.'
If I start, I don't stop.
Yoyo reached for Mr. Mo's face and stroked the cheek, pressed his thumbs on the curve of each eye socket. [...]
Just kill them all.
