leahrosereads
Written on Mar 31, 2015
RTC.
Roughly twenty years from now, our technological marvels unite and turn against us. A childlike but massively powerful artificial intelligence known as Archos comes online...and kills the man who created it. This first act of betrayal leads Archos to gain control over the global network of machines and technology that regulates everything from transportation to utilities, defense, and communications. In the early months, sporadic glitches are noticed by a handful of unconnected humans - from a senator and single mother disconcerted by her daughter's ""smart"" toys, to a lonely Japanese bachelor, to an isolated U.S. soldier - but most are unaware of the growing rebellion until it is far too late. Then, in the span of minutes, at a moment known later in history as Zero Hour, every mechanical device in our world rebels, setting off the Robot War that both decimates and - for the first time in history - unites humankind.
- ISBN10 0385533853
- ISBN13 9780385533850
- Publish Date 15 August 2011 (first published 7 June 2011)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
- Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 347
- Language English
Reviews
RTC.
elvinagb
Written on Aug 16, 2012
This book did not disappoint. What happens when a scientist tries to create a self aware artificial intelligence and after the 14th try succeeds, leads to the destruction of most human life on the planet. This book follows the lives of a few of the survivors and how they try and fight back, find Archos and destroy him.
My only wish is that there was more story about some of the characters. There were hints as to things that happened or would happen but you never get any more details and I really wanted to know.
violetpeanut
Written on May 7, 2012