{"product_id":"9780998825779","title":"The Inevitable","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLidia Yuknavitch writes in the introduction to \u003ci\u003eThe Inevitable\u003c\/i\u003e \"The first time I read Kazuo Ishiguro’s \u003ci\u003eKlara and the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e I bawled my face off. Daniel Hope serves up a similar creature, a humanoid robot named Tuck, and quite quickly in the story, Tuck began to remind me more of what matters about the human condition than I learn from most of the humans I know. Love stories are not what we’ve been told. A humanoid robot named Tuck reminds us how to build connections and be ever-giving in the face of death and loss.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn both \u003ci\u003eKlara and the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Inevitable\u003c\/i\u003e technological advances have created AIs that form complex relationships with humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn Hope's novel Tuck is\u003cspan\u003e a charismatic robot grappling with a very human conundrum, the meaning of life and death. He is the last bot in the universe after surviving the Bot Riots on Earth by escaping into space. He is grieving the loss of his family and forced to wander between planets looking for parts of himself that need replacement in order to stay functional, risking exposure even as collectors are hunting him. He alleviates his loneliness by adopting an abandoned AI integrated into a spaceship and naming it David after the boy he took care of on Earth. The two meet Maze, a genetically modified, escaped lab experiment who, like Tuck, has super-human speed and strength. Maze serves as first mate on a ship owned by a billionaire, who offers Tuck the parts he needs in exchange for assistance with her corporate raid against her main rival. Tuck finds renewed purpose in his life through Maze and quickly becomes devoted to her. Together they must survive in a world where they are at once misfits and precious commodities. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Inevitable\u003c\/i\u003e examines the value of life in a technologically advanced society, the definition of humanity, and the complex relationships that arise in the gray area between AIs and humans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daniel Hope","offers":[{"title":"Hawthorne Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-10-13","offer_id":44230062113023,"sku":"9780998825779","price":31.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_a1c7a4bf-1d22-41c4-a23e-b95bf488a4c1.jpg?v=1692997141","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780998825779","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}