Review originally posted at Christa's Hooked on Books -- http://christashookedonbooks.blogspot... 
 In the not to un-seeable future technology has evolved. Robots are everywhere. They're in our homes, in our cars, they head up our national defence. So what happens when we push the technological advances too far? When artificial intelligence becomes more than just artificial? 
 In a quiet and seemingly normal lab one night those questions become more important than ever before, with the creation of Archos. A computer that can think and act for himself. And what he thinks is that there is only room for one species on this planet. 
 Beginning at Zero Hour the Robot-Human war has begun. Cars start running people down in the street, toys come to life, robots that use to clean your house are now out for your blood. It's a terrifying world but pockets of resistance do arise. In Afghanistan, in London, in Tokyo, in America. Told as a series of radio signals, witness statements, first hands accounts and the like Robopocalypse is a haunting chronicle of these fighters and their fight to save humanity. 
 The author of Robopocalypse, Daniel H. Wilson has a doctorate in robotics and boy oh boy does his knowledge shine through in this book. Every detail is meticulous. It was complex enough that you knew this wasn't our current day technology, but easy to understand, so that you always knew just what was going on and how the technology had developed to this point. By writing this book as a series of accounts, Wilson kept the pacing steady and was able to build the excitement and dread in a slow, but strong, manner. There were so many chapters where I knew something horrible was about to happen but I had no idea what. While reading one particular chapter about a young girl named Mathilda Perez I remember clasping my hands over my eyes and having to peer through my fingers I was so nervous about what the robot was going to do next. 
 The characters themselves are something to do admired. These were not just your average run of the mill war heroes. These were everyday people, backs against the wall that chose to fight back. Sure, they committed amazing heroic acts, that I know I wouldn't be able to do (I'd be frozen from fear) but they were so human. They were scared, they fought amongst each other, they were selfish. But at the end of the day they worked together. They chose to look past their differences and joined forces. It was nice to see the progression from your average, horribly flawed human being, to people working to together to save us all. 
 Robopocalypse is an amazing piece of literary science fiction. It is well though out and detail and it will have you hanging on to every word. It's also sure to give you a good scare. In our current time we're already so dependent on technology. I don't know where I would be without my computer, phone, car etc. This book made me stop and think what I would do if I suddenly didn't have those things any more and was forced to venture out and survive completely on my own, in a hostile environment. And if that weren't enough, we're always looking for the next big technological break through. So maybe the lesson of Robopocalypse is this: let's not push technology to much, because at some point it may start to push back.