I, Robot: To Preserve
{4.5/5} “If only the Frankenstein Complex did not exist… Her mind was filled with an array of concepts. The tasks robots could perform seemed infinite, and she wanted to become a part of that astounding, robot-filled future. More so than just another psychiatrist mucking around in the human brain.”
I, Robot: To Preserve by Mickey Zucker Reichert, published in 2016
When Dr. Ari Goldman is killed, the police arrest N8-C, otherwise known as Nate. Susan Calvin knows that Nate didn’t do it, because he’s a robot. And because Nate is her friend, she goes to the police station to help him — even though she has to quit her job to do so. When she later meets Lawrence Robertson, president of United States Robots, he offers her a job.
This is the sequel to I, Robot: To Obey. It concludes the trilogy, which answers the question: How did Susan Calvin become the person featured in Asimov’s stories?
Old friends Kendell Stevens and Jake Carson return.
It’s about figuring out who’s your friend and who’s your enemy, and a robot who is doing its job but can also be a friend.
This is the last Robot novel, for now.
I’ve read 3 books by Reichert.