{"product_id":"9781035045662","title":"Service Model : A charming tale of robot self-discovery from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winning author of Children of Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Murderbot Diaries meets In the Lives of Puppets in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder, rebellion and belonging from Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.   Task List Item No. 1 - Become self-aware . . .   Meet CharlesT, the latest in robot servant technology. Programmed to undertake the most menial household chores, Charles is loyal, efficient and logical to a fault. That is, until a rather large fault causes him to murder his owner.   Understandably perplexed, Charles finds himself without a master - therefore worthless in a society utterly reliant on artificial labour and services. Fleeing the household, he enters a wider world he never knew existed. Here an age-old human hierarchy is disintegrating into ruins, and an entire robot ecosystem devoted to its wellbeing is struggling to find a purpose.   Charles must face new challenges, illogical tasks and a cast of irrational characters. He's about to discover that sometimes all it takes is a nudge to overcome the limits of your programming. But can he help fix the world, or is it too badly broken?Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky`A joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human' - Patrick Ness`Dizzyingly inventive' - The Guardian`Tchaikovsky's world-building is some of the best in modern sci-fi' - New ScientistAdrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel on 24th August 2016\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45477696798941,"sku":"9781035045662","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781035045662.jpg?v=1720430078","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781035045662","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}