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to obey
ISAAC ASIMOV’S
I, ROBOT: ROBOT
MICKEY ZUCKER
REICHERT
ROC Hardcover September 2013
Isaac asIMOv’s I, RObOT:
TO ObEy
Mickey Zucker Reichert
ISAAC ASIMOV’S
I, ROBOT: ROBOT
MICKEY ZUCKER
REICHERT
978-0-451-46482-8 • $25.95/$27.50 Can.
Hardcover
400 pp./6” x 9”/Carton: 24/science Fiction
rights: W00
First serial, uK: NAL signet
Audio: recorded Books
ANZ: HarperCollins Australia
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Publishing History: original
Previous Book: I, Robot: To Protect
978-0-451-46419-4 (11/11)
On sale September 3, 2013
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New in the trilogy inspired by one of the
legendary authors of science fiction
2036: Robotic technology has evolved into the realm of self-aware,
sentient mechanical entities. But even as humanity contends with the
consequences of its most brilliant creation, there are those who have their
own designs U.S. for $25.95 the robots: enslavement…or annihilation.
2. A robot must obey any orders
Susan given to it Calvin by human beings, is about except to enter her second year as a psych resident at the
where such orders would con ict
with the First Law.
Manhattan Hasbro teaching hospital when her personal life receives a
2036: Robotic technology has
evolved into the realm of self-aware,
terrible sentient mechanical blow. entities. Somehow But she must continue her professional duties, while
even as humanity contends with the
consequences of its most brilliant
reeling creation, there with are those shock who have and horror as the truth about her father—and her own
their own designs for the robots:
enslavement...or annihilation.
life—is revealed.
Susan Calvin is about to enter her second year as a
psych resident at the Manhattan Hasbro teaching hospital
when a violent crime strikes very close to home.
When she was young, Susan lost her mother in a
terrible car wreck that also badly injured her father.
She now believes the accident was orchestrated by
Praise for I, Robot: To Protect:
government o cials who wanted her parents dead.
Susan “A has thrilling always known there climax was a faction provides of the plenty of action and excitement, forcing all
U.S. government that wanted to hijack her father’s
work to for examine military use. Now it seems their that faction values is back. and to take action in an untenable situation.”
—SF Revu
As she struggles to overcome her pain and confusion,
as well as deal with her studies, Susan finds herself
hunted by violent anti-tech vigilantes who would
revert mankind to the Dark Ages—and at the same
time she’s being watched very closely by extremists
who want high-tech genocide. Somehow she must
“Reichert is a gifted storyteller...Engaging and captivating.”
nd a way to stop them both.
—SciFiChick.com
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SALES POINTS
Can. $27.50
• Second in a trilogy based upon Isaac Asimov’s legendary short story
collection, I, Robot—one of the most influential science fiction works ever
• Mickey Zucker Reichert was selected by the Asimov estate to write this series
ALSO AVAILABLE
Isacc Asimov’s I, Robot: To Protect 978-0-451-46489-7 @ $7.99/$8.99 Can.
Mickey Zucker Reichert is a working physician and author. She lives
in Iowa with her husband and two of their children. Author website:
mickeyzuckerreichert.com; facebook.com/MickeyZuckerReichertOfficial
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