Dogs of War
1st Edition
Published on 2. November 2017
346 pages
978-1-78669-387-7 (ISBN)
Description
A bio-engineered dog fights for its life and its right to life. From the Arthur C. Clark Award-winning author of CHILDREN OF TIME.
My name is Rex. I am a good dog.
Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, Mexico. A genetically engineered Bioform, he's a deadly weapon in a dirty war. All he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says he's got to kill a lot of enemies.
But who, exactly, are the enemies? What happens when Master is tried as a war criminal? What rights does the Geneva Convention grant weapons? Do Rex and his fellow Bioforms even have a right to exist?
And what happens when Rex slips his leash?
'Detailed and clever worldbuilding... Tchaikovsky pulls off an impressive feat in making Rex's character evolution genuinely moving. Readers will be wowed' Publishers Weekly
My name is Rex. I am a good dog.
Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, Mexico. A genetically engineered Bioform, he's a deadly weapon in a dirty war. All he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says he's got to kill a lot of enemies.
But who, exactly, are the enemies? What happens when Master is tried as a war criminal? What rights does the Geneva Convention grant weapons? Do Rex and his fellow Bioforms even have a right to exist?
And what happens when Rex slips his leash?
'Detailed and clever worldbuilding... Tchaikovsky pulls off an impressive feat in making Rex's character evolution genuinely moving. Readers will be wowed' Publishers Weekly
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
4,55 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78669-387-7 (9781786693877)
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Dogs of War
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Adrian Tchaikovsky is a keen live role-player and occasional actor, fantasy author and winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Content
- Intro
- Welcome Page
- About Dogs of War
- Contents
- Part 1: Dog Bites Man
- Chapter 1: Rex
- Chapter 2: Redacted
- Chapter 3: Hartnell
- Chapter 4: Rex
- Chapter 5: Hartnell
- Chapter 6: Rex
- Chapter 7: Hartnell
- Chapter 8: Rex
- Chapter 9: Hartnell
- Chapter 10: Rex
- Chapter 11: Redacted
- Part 2: New Tricks
- Chapter 12: Rex
- Chapter 13: De Sejos
- Chapter 14: Rex
- Chapter 15: De Sejos
- Chapter 16: Rex
- Chapter 17: De Sejos
- Chapter 18: Rex
- Chapter 19: Redacted
- Part 3: The Hand that Feeds
- Chapter 20: Aslan
- Chapter 21: Rex
- Chapter 22: Aslan
- Chapter 23: Rex
- Chapter 24: Aslan
- Chapter 25: Rex
- Chapter 26: Aslan
- Part 4: His Master's Voice
- Chapter 27: Rex
- Chapter 28: Redacted
- Chapter 29: Rex
- Chapter 30: Redacted
- Chapter 31: Rex
- Chapter 32: Redacted
- Chapter 33: Rex
- Chapter 34: Redacted
- Chapter 35: Rex
- Chapter 36: Redacted
- Chapter 37: Rex
- Chapter 38: Redacted
- Part 5: Dog Years
- Chapter 39: Rex
- Chapter 40: From The Beasts Within by Maria Hellene
- Chapter 41: Rex
- Chapter 42: George
- Chapter 43: Rex
- Chapter 44: From The Beasts Within by Maria Hellene
- Chapter 45: Rex
- Chapter 46: From The Beasts Within by Maria Hellene
- Chapter 47: REX
- Chapter 48: HumOS' Epilogue
- Endpapers
- About Adrian Tchaikovsky
- An Invitation from the Publisher
- Copyright
