Charon was the most ruthless—and brilliant—criminal of the
twenty-first century, a practitioner of illegal robotics and android
research. He is dead now, and General Thomas Wharington believes his
team of experts has deleted all the electronic copies the
megalomaniacal inventor created of himself. However, one major
problem remains: Alpha,the only android survivor of Charon's
cybernetic empire. Outwardly indistinguishable from a human woman,
Alpha has superhuman strength and speed, and perhaps even more deadly
capabilities still unknown. Thomas's superiors want her dismantled
and studied, but to Thomas it feels like murder. He stalls for time,
a move that could prove disastrous. Alpha escapes from an
escape-proof compound, kidnaps Thomas, and takes him to one of
Charon's hidden installations. Charon might be dead, but Alpha
continues to carry out her late master's orders, and she refuses to
elaborate on what those orders entail. Her behavior is becoming more
human—or so it seems. Is she developing emotions and a conscience, or
is she just learning to counterfeit them as a means of carrying out
her enigmatic orders? And do those orders include Thomas's death
sentence?
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