{"id":568,"date":"2015-11-03T19:10:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T19:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newnotio.fuelthemes.net\/quasar\/portfolio\/occhi-di-gard-2\/"},"modified":"2021-10-15T15:49:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:49:22","slug":"madetokill","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/index.php\/portfolio\/madetokill\/","title":{"rendered":"Made to Kill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Adam Christopher has brilliantly deduced what should have been obvious all along: classic noir and robots are a perfect match.”\u2014Adam Sternbaugh, Edgar-nominated author of\u00a0Shovel Ready<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

“The dialogue is effortlessly swift and clever, and even the B-movie climax is a spectacle to behold. Above that, though, Ray sparks to live, and his antiheroic slant only makes him that much more compelling and sympathetic.”\u00a0\u2014NPR<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Made to Kill<\/i> is yet more proof that we should all be thankful for Adam Christopher and his imagination. This tale of robot noir is unlike anything I\u2019ve ever read\u2014Adam’s is a weird and wonderful voice, and we are lucky to have it.“<\/i>\u2014Chuck Wendig,\u00a0New York Times <\/i>bestselling author\u00a0of Star Wars:\u00a0Aftermath<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Made to Kill<\/em> is the book I didn’t know I was waiting for – a high-voltage jolt to the pleasure circuits that had me burning through the pages. It’s terrific fun!”\u00a0\u2014Daryl Gregory, author of Spoonbenders<\/em><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column fixed=”thb-fixed” width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1490809100043{padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]\n

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MADE TO KILL<\/h2>\n

\u201cClassic noir and robots are a perfect match. Part Chandler, part Asimov, and part Philip K. Dick,\u00a0Made to Kill\u00a0is a rip-roaring cocktail of smart, sharp, twisty, cyber-pulp awesomeness.\u201d
\n\u2014Adam Sternbergh, author of\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Shovel Ready<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Made to Kill<\/i>\u00a0is the thrilling new speculative noir from novelist and comic writer Adam Christopher.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It was just another Tuesday morning when she walked into the office<\/i>\u2014<\/em>except that we didn’t take walks-ins, or even appointments. After all, I take my orders from Ada\u2014and why would an independent supercomputer need to find jobs from average clients?<\/em><\/p>\n

And who am I? I’m Ray, the world’s last robot, famed and feared in equal measure, which suits me just fine<\/i>\u2014after all, the last place you’d expect to find Hollywood’s best hit man is in the plain light of day.<\/i><\/p>\n

Ray was the perfect detective\u2014tireless, logical, and efficient, with a knack for wry one-liners. But as good as he ever may have been as a real private investigator, Ray is much better at engaging with the cold, clear directives in his new position. He’s also the last robot working after the United States Department of Robot Labor canceled the program\u2014turns out people just don’t like<\/em> robots, even if they like the idea<\/em> of them.<\/p>\n

As the\u00a0lone employee of the Electromatic Detective Agency\u2014except for Ada, office gal and super-computer; the constant voice in Ray’s inner ear\u2014Ray prefers to sat out of sight. So when a familiar-looking woman arrives at the agency wanting to hire Ray to find a missing actor, he’s inclined to tell her to take a hike. But she had the cold hard gold, and Ray was programmed to make a profit.<\/p>\n

Plunged into a glittering world of fame, fortune, and secrecy, Ray uncovers a sinister plot that goes much deeper than the silver screen\u2014and this robot is at the wrong place, at the wrong time.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”]\t\t\t

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