num_pages: 400
description: An FBI agent teams up with the first police robot to hunt a shadowy terrorist in this gripping technothrillerand fact-based tour of tomorrowfrom the authors of Ghost FleetAmerica is on the brink of a revolution. AI and robotics have realized science fictions dreams but have also taken millions of jobs and left many citizens fearful that the future is leaving them behind. After narrowly averting a bombing at Washingtons Union Station FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan receives a new assignment: to field test the first police robot. In the wake of a series of shocking catastrophes the two find themselves investigating a conspiracy whose mastermind is using cutting-edge tech to rip the nation apart. To stop this new breed of terrorist Keegans only hope is to forge a new kind of partnership. With every tech trend and scene drawn from the real world Burn-In blends a technothrillers excitement with nonfictions insight to illuminate the darkest corners of our chilling tomorrow.
language: English
title: Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt