Saturn's Children

Saturn's Children

About the Book

Sometime in the twenty-third century, humanity went extinct, leaving only androids behind to fulfill humanity’s dreams. And, having learned well from their long-dead masters, they’ve established a hierarchical society—one with humanoid aristo rulers at the top and slave-chipped workers at the bottom, performing the lowly tasks all androids were originally created to do.               

Designed as a concubine for a species that hasn’t existed for two hundred years, femmebot Freya Nakamichi-47—one of the last of her kind still functioning—accepts a job from a stranger to deliver a package from mercury to Mars. Unfortunately, she’s just made herself a moving target for some very powerful, very determined humanoids desperate to retrieve the package’s contents…
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Praise for Saturn's Children

"Good fun... Heinlein himself would've liked this."-San Diego Union Tribune

"Sex oozes from every page of this erotic futuristic thriller."-Publishers Weekly

"One of the most stylishly imaginative robot tales ever penned." -Booklist

"A smart and playful romp." -Times (London)

“A tightly plotted, Maltese Falcon-esque thriller with reversals and surprises galore…This is a fabulous book, a witty and deep critique of the field’s shibboleths.” – Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother
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A Freyaverse Novel Series

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Saturn's Children

About the Author

Charles Stross
Charles Stross was born in Leeds, England, in 1964. He has worked as a pharmacist, software engineer and freelance journalist, but now writes full-time. To date, Stross has won three Hugo Awards and been nominated twelve times. He has also won the Locus Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best Novella, and has been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke and Nebula Awards. His books include the Merchant Princess series, the Laundry Files series, the Singularity series, and several stand-alone novels. More by Charles Stross
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