![]() ![]() We then go on to consider the political stances for which assemblage thinking offers resources. We outline the multiple intellectual roots of assemblage thinking, and we show how some have treated it as an ontological position, while others have used it in a more tactical way in their research programmes. Arguing that many different approaches to assemblage thinking exist, and eschewing the temptation to try to pin this style of thought down to a fixed theoretical perspective, we try to allow this volume to be an exploration of the potential for these ideas to transform international theory. Ages 14–up.In this introduction to the volume we locate the growing interest in assemblage thinking for international relations in its intellectual and historical context. A tension-filled ending leaves readers hanging on for a sequel. Flashbacks of the other characters’ lives before joining the underground include graphic descriptions of transphobic and homophobic trauma, as well as sexual assault, to a point that sometimes feels gratuitous but also gives real insight into each teen’s situation, and certainly aims for empathy. From there, Curtis’s adventure story of teens on the run becomes a tad predictable, but Isaak’s narration and a possible romance with a human male companion keep things interesting. After a wound heals itself far too quickly to be natural and Isaak’s adoptive mother kicks him out of the house, he finds out that he is a “Robot” government-made synthetic humans created for war and released into the population as babies by a scientist with a shady agenda, Isaak’s kind are being hunted and are forming an underground resistance. The lead-up to Isaak’s 18th birthday has involved a killer headache and dreams of other kids being chased by agents in black. About The AuthorĪ cyber-dystopian future America is the scene of musician Curtis’s heartrending but uneven first novel. In his debut, recording artist Simon Curtis has written a fast-paced, high-stakes novel that explores humanity, the ultimate power of empathy, and the greatest battle of all: love vs. Now Isaak must decide whether to hold on to his humanity and face possible death…or to embrace his true nature in order to survive, at the risk of becoming the weapon he was made to be. But with a deadly military force tasked to find him at any cost, his odds are less than favorable. ![]() To be protected by the Underground, Isaak will have to make it there first. He and the Robots can only find asylum with the Underground-a secret network of Robots and humans working together to ensure a coexistent future. Isaak is a Robot: a government-made synthetic human, produced as a weapon and now hunted, marked for termination. His adoptive parents were killed, a mysterious girl saved him from a team of soldiers, and he learned of his own dark and destructive origin.Īn origin he doesn’t want to believe, but one he cannot deny. In a single night, Isaak’s life changed forever. There once was a boy who was made, not created. Seventeen-year-old Isaak discovers the truth about his origin and the underground forces that must come together to fight against a secret government organization formed to eradicate those like him in this high-octane science fiction debut.
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