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Description edit
On Belthas IV, the great forge world in the inner sphere of Toralii space, thousands of constructs -- artificial slaves -- are manufactured every week.
They are built identical, each indistinguishable from the other, until they are implanted with a stock neural net. From that moment... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Construct #12,389,880: A construct -- an artificial life -- who discovers that he is not bound to the same rules as the other constructs manufactured in the same plant.
- Mevara: Landmaiden Mevara is a Toralii worker in the factory who created Construct #12,389,880. She tests the construct and is responsibile for approving his service or sending him to be recycled.
- Jul’aran: The Leader of the construction facility. Mevara consults with him regarding the errant construct.
Quotes edit
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““Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.””
Oscar Wilde
First Sentence edit
Back in the dark times, when magic was as common as the birds in the sky, the ancient Toralii myths spoke of monsters called golems.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Lacuna. (standard series)
This is book 2 of 4 in Lacuna Short Stories. (standard series)
Preceded by Faith (Lacuna Short Stories), and followed by Magnet (Lacuna Short Stories).
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Adams (Author)
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