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The robots of Gotham presents a dystopian America seized by fascist machines after a long war. Occupied territories and a robot monarchy dominate the nation. Canadian businessman Barry Simcoe enters Chicago just before a rogue machine attacks his hotel. He is joined by a Russian medic and a damaged robot named 19 Black Winter. Together they discover a machine plot to release a deadly plague and learn that an American resistance still exists. Simcoe must race against time to stop the extermination of life on the continent and expose a secret the machine conquerors desperately conceal.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Science Fiction/Military Science Fiction
Authors: Todd McAulty
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