Alpha, Catherine Asaro
Alpha, Catherine Asaro
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Alpha

Author: Catherine Asaro

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Unabridged: 9 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/24/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Charon was the most ruthless and brilliant criminal of the twentyfirst century, a practitioner of illegal robotics and android research. He is dead now, and General Thomas Wharington believes his team has deleted all the electronic copies the inventor created of himself. But one major problem remains: Alpha, the only android survivor of Charon's cybernetic empire. Outwardly indistinguishable from a human woman, Alpha has superhuman capabilities, some of which are still unknown. Thomas's superiors want her dismantled and studied, but to Thomas, it feels like murder. When he stalls, Alpha escapes, kidnaps Thomas, and takes him to one of Charon's hidden installations to carry out her late master's orders. Meanwhile, her behavior is becoming more humanor so it seems. Is she developing emotions and a conscience, or just learning to counterfeit them?

About Catherine Asaro

Catherine Asaro, science fiction and fantasy author, grew up near Berkeley, California. She earned a PhD in chemical physics and an MA in physics, both from Harvard, and a BS with highest honors in chemistry from UCLA. The Quantum Rose won the 2001 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and The Spacetime Pool won the 2008 Nebula Award for Best Novella.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laurie on July 12, 2010

Very impressive story. The characters and the world-building were amazing. Alpha was unstoppable. Now I'll have to go back and read Sunrise Alley, the first book in the series.......more

Goodreads review by Greg on April 06, 2008

This is a sequel to Sunrise Alley, although you would not need to have read that book to get what is going on in this book. There is plenty of back story in the first 30 pages to enjoy this story as is. I've never read a romance novel, but the author has a reputation for writing SF/romance crossover......more