Wren is such an interesting and conflicted character, torn between a multitude of unfamiliar emotions and what she has long-believed to be her duty. You might find yourself never reading a robot apocalypse story in the same way again. This is a fascinating perspective on humanity and it looks at what it means to be human.

Callum 22 was dead for such a short amount of time that he is almost human and, for the first time, he encourages Wren to challenge her beliefs, her worth and if she really wants to continue being a human slave forever. until a newbie with one of the lowest numbers she has ever seen arrives. Wren 178 is the highest number and the deadliest Reboot in the Republic of Texas, she is cold, emotionless and completely focused on following orders and completing the task at hand. Set in a dismal future where the dead can be brought back to life and enslaved by humans, these 'rebooted' individuals are given a number which is how many minutes they were dead before being brought back - the higher that number, the less humanity still lingers inside them.

The Reboots aren't exactly robots, but their story is similar. But what does it look like from the other side of the fence? What is it like to be an artificial human creation, made for the sole purpose of serving, of making human lives better? Viewed as less than a person and exterminated if you get too many of your own ideas? How many people here have watched/read something to do with a robot apocalypse where humans' obsession with technology comes back to bite them in the rear end? Where they create their own destruction in the form of a creature that is stronger or more intelligent than they are? I must have heard that story a million times. The perfect soldier is done taking orders. But she has also never felt as alive as she does around Callum. Wren has never disobeyed before and knows if she does, she’ll be eliminated, too. When Callum refuses to follow an order, Wren is given one last chance to get him in line-or she’ll have to eliminate him. Yet there’s something about him she can’t ignore. His reflexes are too slow, he’s always asking questions, and his ever-present smile is freaking her out. As a 22, Callum Reyes is practically human. Wren’s favorite part of the job is training new Reboots, but her latest newbie is the worst she’s ever seen. Now seventeen years old, she serves as a soldier for HARC (Human Advancement and Repopulation Corporation). Wren 178 is the deadliest Reboot in the Republic of Texas. The longer Reboots are dead, the less human they are when they return. After 178 minutes she came back as a Reboot: stronger, faster, able to heal, and less emotional. Five years ago, Wren Connolly was shot three times in the chest.

Reboot by amy tintera