{"product_id":"the-mother-code-9781984806932","title":"The Mother Code","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat it means to be human--and a mother--is put to the test in Carole Stivers's debut novel set in a world that is more chilling and precarious than ever.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year is 2049. When a deadly non-viral agent intended for biowarfare spreads out of control, scientists must scramble to ensure the survival of the human race. They turn to their last resort, a plan to place genetically engineered children inside the cocoons of large-scale robots--to be incubated, birthed, and raised by machines. But there is yet one hope of preserving the human order: an intelligence programmed into these machines that renders each unique in its own right--the Mother Code. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKai is born in America's desert Southwest, his only companion his robotic Mother, Rho-Z. Equipped with the knowledge and motivations of a human mother, Rho-Z raises Kai and teaches him how to survive. But as children like Kai come of age, their Mothers transform too--in ways that were never predicted. And when government survivors decide that the Mothers must be destroyed, Kai is faced with a choice. Will he break the bond he shares with Rho-Z? Or will he fight to save the only parent he has ever known? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in a future that could be our own, \u003ci\u003eThe Mother Code\u003c\/i\u003e explores what truly makes us human--and the tenuous nature of the boundaries between us and the machines we create.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984806932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352","brand":"Carole Stivers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40550681116853,"sku":"9781984806932","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_09f1a8b3-d928-41f4-bdd1-2b5f6d10fa81.jpg?v=1626791848","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-mother-code-9781984806932","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}