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 In 2011, Daniel H. Wilson stormed onto the literary scene with Robopocalypse, a novel that described personal accounts of the robot uprising. Robogenesis isn't merely a continuation of it's predecessor, it's a much stronger novel in terms of plot and writing. Robogenesis is sleeker, more finely tuned than it's counterpart and this new novel is a step above the majority of novels that deal with robots. This isn't merely a novel about technology gone wrong, Robopocalypse is a cinematic thriller about the will of humanity to carry on and maintain strength when all hope is lost. 
 Robopocalype follows a number of characters from book one, but it also introdues a bunch of new characters. For me, it was exciting to revisit the characters of Grey Horse Army and watch as they learned to adapt to a new threat. Another highlight of this novel was getting to see more of Archos because I loved his character in the previous novel and was eager to see where Wilson would take him next. The character development is much clearer and fuller in this novel and I think that Wilson took more time in shaping each character's form. 
 Though each character is developed more completely, this never takes anything away from the action. The action scenes are magic on their own and Wilson immediately transports readers into the heat of battle against the machines. This isn't Michael Bay's Transformers, the thrills here aren't cheap and Wilson truly makes great use of his robotics degree in finely crafting each of the robot's unique attributes. 
 Wilson does borrow the format of World War Z, in which survivors recount a global disaster to keep the stories alive. A certain sense of urgency was lost in WWZ because readers knew that the narrators would survive because they were telling the various stories. In Robogenesis, Wilson outshines WWZ and retools its format into something much more refined and engaging. Wilson really does the format justice and effectively utilizes it to retell the robot uprising. 
 I truly hope that there isn't as long of a wait between books 2 and 3 because Robogenesis was a huge improvement. I've got my fingers crossed that Steven Spielberg moves forward with the Robopocalypse movie because this novel feels like it was made for the silver screen. Robogenesis is a superb sequel that will catch readers by surprise and leave them yearning for more! Those looking for the next Asimov, should definitely check out Wilson's extremely addicting Robopocalypse series.