Cookie Rifkin escaped New Stepford...
...Now, in the sequel to ALPHA BOTS,
She becomes an AI superhero!
When Cookie Rifkin robs a Russian bank with Wayne Dixon and their non-binary friend ANA, Stepford Corp sends a faceless bounty hunter to reclaim the rogue artificial intelligence. Moscow police trap them in the vault, but the superintelligent machines break out, then get separated. Cookie escapes with tons of gold and platinum, but Wayne gets arrested and flown back to corporate headquarters for radical refurbishing.
With the cops hot on her trail, Cookie hides on a luxury yacht named the Wonder Woman. There, she meets a new temptress, polyamorous pansexual Tabitha Kirsh. When Russian special forces catch up with Cookie, she's forced to defend herself, but inevitably gets shot. The two womanoids escape together, but Cookie discovers Tabitha has a secret.
Shapeshifter ANA tries to intercept Wayne's flight out of Moscow-but fails. Then, after the enby robot reunites with Cookie, Tabitha teleports them all to London, where they plan to extract Wayne at Heathrow airport.
Tabitha recruits her ex, Richie Johnson, an AI trans man who runs an underground railroad for escaped womanoids. At his gay bar, Dorothy's, Cookie learns what it means to be queer, performs on stage with a drag queen, discovers she's truly a bisexual woman, then has to fight a horde of attack lesbians to get to the airport on time.
But will Cookie and her new LGBT friends be able to rescue Wayne?
About the Author :
Ava Lock writes science fiction that features badass women and wild technology. She lives in Nevada with her human husband and a feline named Bender, neither of whom have a mean bone in their bodies. But her villains are the stuff of nightmares.
Review :
Beta Bots has the same madcap energy, witty banter, and hilariously over-the-top violence of Ava Lock's previous work, but the focus is more on Cookie finding herself--and her people. Now that she's not forced to be a Stepford Wife, it's time for Cookie to see the world and engage in some serious self-discovery about her passions, her priorities, and her sexuality. It's such a gleeful thrill to see Cookie experience--and fall in love with--the LGBTQIA community, and learn that her identity can be complex and various. And fun! Beta Bots is both an entertaining adventure story and an excellent example of queer representation--and I can't wait to read the next volume.
Michelle Hogmire- Reedsy Discovery
