{"product_id":"service-model","title":"Service Model","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Murderbot Diaries meets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIn the Lives of Puppets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ein a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder, rebellion and belonging from Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTask List Item No. 1 – Become self-aware . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Charles™, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderstandably 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePraise for Adrian Tchaikovsky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human’ – Patrick Ness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Dizzyingly inventive’ –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ehe Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Tchaikovsky’s world-building is some of the best in modern sci-fi’ –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48756593328422,"sku":"9781035045662","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/f998c57d-bc6a-4493-ad22-4a1517137bb6.jpg?v=1717603646","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/service-model","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}