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    The Rookie
    The Rookie
    The Rookie
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    The Rookie

    By David N. Brown

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    It's not easy being a machine!

    Unit 838 is a machine built for a simple purpose: To destroy humans, by appearing to be one of them. His ability to anticipate the actions of the inferior but unpredictable biologicals puts him on a fast track to promotion. But when he disobeys an order to win the wrong battle, he is sentenced to be used for target practice. His only chance at redemption is to carry out a perilous deep-cover mission against a renegade machine. His cognitive processing will be tested to the utmost, as he faces such trials as getting past suspicious humans, dodging machines that want to recycle him for scrap and (most difficult of all) playing poker. But in the end, his greatest trial will be deciding whose side he wants to be on!

    David N. Brown is a resident of Mesa, Arizona

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid N. Brown
    Release dateMay 10, 2011
    ISBN9781465742018
    The Rookie
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    David N. Brown

    David N. Brown is a nearly lifelong Resident of Mesa, Arizona, with longstanding interests in science and technology,folklore and disability issues. He earned a bachelor's degree in paleontology from Northern Arizona University in 2005 and a Master's degree in Christian Studies from Denver Seminary in 2013. His first books, Worlds of Naughtenny Moore and Walking Dead, were originally published in 2006 and 2007 by Open Page Publishing, a venture with Brandon Willey, Kara Willey Warren and syndicated cartoonist Tony Carillo. In 2009, he began self-publishing through Amazon, and also created the autism resource site www.evilpossum.weebly.com. He has contributed to sites including fanfiction.net, ravendays.org, and leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk.

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