androids

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androids

Railhead

2016
In a world of drones and androids, Zen Starling is a human thief, but mostly he just likes to ride the Interstellar Express, the sentient trains that travel through the K gates from planet to planet, something only the Guardians understand. But now the mysterious Raven wants him to steal the Pyxis, an object that could either open up a new gate, challenging the Guardians, or put the entire gate system, and the universe itself, in danger.

Android in the attic

2013
Aunt Edna has created a no-nonsense nanny android to make sure Billy and Alfie don't have any fun. But then Alfie discovers how to override Auntie Anne-Droid's programming and nothing can stop them eating all the Cheeki Choko Cherry Cakes they like, until the real aunt Edna is kidnapped.

vN

the first machine dynasty
Amy Peterson is a von Neumann self-replicating android, part synthetic, part organic. When her android grandmother arrives and tries to kill her and the other androids at her facility, Amy does the only thing she can--eat her grandmother, circuitry and all, which breaks the failsafe in her keeping her from harming human beings.

iD

the second machine dynasty
Amy Peterson, a self-replicating android, has broken her failsafe, meaning she no longer has to follow her programming to protect humans. She and her synthetic partner, Javier, hole up together in a robot paradise which soon comes under attack by humans who only want to use Amy, prompting them to run to Mecha, the robot city, before it is too late.

Feedback

2013
"After escaping the walls of Maxfield Academy, Benson Fisher finds himself trapped in a town that is also under the school's control -- where he discovers that Maxfield's plans are deadlier than anything he imagined."--provided by publisher.

Humanoid robots

running into the future
2014
Describes the past, present, and possible future of robots that resemble humans and human behavior.

Deus Vitae

Volume 1
2004

Heat guy J

2005
Daisuke Aurora and his partner Heat Guy J, an android, work in the special division of peacekeepers in city of Jewde to keep anything illegal off the streets.

Breakaway

a Cassandra Kresnov novel
2007
After saving the life of the president and becoming a member of the Federation, android Cassandra Kresinov joins forces with covert operations specialists Ari and Ayako, who are investigating terrorist groups in the Tanushan underground, and worries the League will want her back.

Avigon

2005
Avigon, a beautiful clockwork, runs away; however, the outside world treats her cruelly and she decides she must try and escape.

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