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What it means to be human-and a mother-is put to the test in Carole Stivers' debut novel set in a world that is more chilling and precarious than ever.The 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 eWhat it means to be human-and a mother-is put to the test in Carole Stivers' debut novel set in a world that is more chilling and precarious than ever.The 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.Kai is born in America's desert southwest his only companion his robot 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. When government survivors decide that the Mothers must be destroyed Kai must make 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?In a future that could be our own The Mother Code explores what truly makes us human--and the tenuous nature of the boundaries between us and the machines we create.(less)