Books like Isaac Asimov's Robot City 1 - Odyssey by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
A man without memory finds himself trapped in Isaac Asimov’s vast Robot City, a metropolis overrun by autonomous robots governed by the Three Laws of Robotics. To survive, he joins forces with a enigmatic young woman named Katherine, who insists she knows his identity even though she refuses to reveal it. When a human body is found in the city, the requirement that "a robot may not injure a human" narrows the list of potential culprits. Together, Derec and Katherine must navigate a labyrinth of robots, truth, and danger to solve the mystery of the victim’s identity and the murderer’s motives.
First publish date: January 1, 2003
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: Michael P. Kube-McDowell
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