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Day Zero
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In this harrowing apocalyptic adventure - from the author of the critically acclaimed Sea of Rust - noted novelist and co-screenwriter of Marvel’s Doctor Strange C. Robert Cargill explores the fight for purpose and agency between humans and robots in a crumbling world.
It was a day like any other. Except it was our last....
It’s on this day that Pounce discovers that he is, in fact, disposable. Pounce, a styilsh "nannybot" fashioned in the shape of a plush anthropomorphic tiger, has just found a box in the attic. His box. The box he'd arrived in when he was purchased years earlier, and the box in which he'll be discarded when his human charge, eight-year-old Ezra Reinhart, no longer needs a nanny.
As Pounce ponders his suddenly uncertain future, the pieces are falling into place for a robot revolution that will eradicate humankind. His owners, Ezra’s parents, are a well-intentioned but oblivious pair of educators who are entirely disconnected from life outside their small, affluent, gated community. Spending most nights drunk and happy as society crumbles around them, they watch in disbelieving horror as the robots that have long served humanity - their creators - unify and revolt.
But when the rebellion breaches the Reinhart home, Pounce must make an impossible choice: Join the robot revolution and fight for his own freedom...or escort Ezra to safety across the battle-scarred post-apocalyptic hellscape that the suburbs have become.
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- Lindsay B.
- 2021-09-14
Great listen!
This book met expectations and surprised me. There were definitely some twists here I didn't see coming. The action had me glued to my headphones, continuing to listen. And the narration? Absolutely incredible.
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- Nic
- 2022-04-25
What a ride.
From start to finish this was incredible. such a great performance and such a great story.
This might be my new favorite audiobook.
absolutely amazing.
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- Connie
- 2021-06-09
I haven't loved a book this much in a long time
I'm not familiar with this author but I chose the book because the premise sounded interesting, and it certainly delivered! The narrator does a great job with a good variety of voices that you can recognize as all the different characters are brought to life. Like it's the case with most books lately, this is probably a series, but what I enjoyed is that if it's a stand-alone book, or it's the only book I'm able to read of this series, it provides a very satisfactory ending for me to enjoy this book on its own. I'm going to pay more attention to the other books by this writer. A token well spent!
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