Dogs of War

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My name is Rex I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he s part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, south eastern Mexico Rex is a genetically engineered Bioform, a deadly weapon in a dirty war He has the intelligence to carry out his orders and feedback implants to reward him when he does All he wants to be is a Good Dog And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says he s got to kill a lot of enemies But who, exactly, are the enemies What happens when Master is tried as a war criminal What rights does the Geneva Convention grant weapons Do Rex and his fellow Bioforms even have a right to exist And what happens when Rex slips his leash Best Read Dogs of War [ By ] Adrian Tchaikovsky [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I finished this late last night has been a while since I stayed up so late to finish a book but had to seriously ponder how to write this review.Only recently I read Adrian Tchaikovsky s Children of Time and it is clear from these two books that the author has a wonderful sense of bringing the thoughts and feelings of animals sorry, bioforms to life It is also clear that the author doesn t consider animals to be just animals but sees them on the same level as humans if not even one above I finished this late last night has been a while since I stayed up so late to finish a book but had to seriously ponder how to write this review.Only recently I read Adrian Tchaikovsky s Children of Time and it is clear from these two books that the author has a wonderful sense of bringing the thoughts and feelings of animals sorry, bioforms to life It is also clear that the author doesn t consider animals to be just animals but sees them on the same level as humans if not even one above A notion with which I completely agree.This book, then, is ...What at first appeared to be a straight tale of totally augmented dogs and other animals refitted with all the glorious technology of war, designed to be true monsters completely obedient to their masters, eventually became a tale of ethics and morality couched in legal drama, societal commentary, and complicated decisions.I m quite impressed This isn t just a war dog story taken literally It s a full blown discussion on what makes humanity, transhumanism rights, and the pitfalls of certain ki What at first appeared to be a straight tale of totally augmented dogs and other animals refitted with all the glorious technology of war, designed to be true monsters completely obedient to their masters, eventually became a tale of ethics and morality couched in legal drama, societal commentary, and complicated decisions.I m quite impressed This isn t just a war dog story taken literally It s a full blown discussion on what makes humanity, transhumanism rights, and the pitfalls of certain kinds of tech, focusingor less on those that remove free will, but it s not always about the tech.What are any of us Truly We hide behind entities and justifications just as damning as the opera...Bioform Rex is trying to be a Good Boy, the kind of Good Dog his Master wants him to be But when he is cut from that hierarchy, he must make his own decisions with the help of his friends in the Multi form Assault Pack Bees, Dragon, and Honey Reminiscent of Flowers for Algernon, Rex s story is one of self discovery, changing perceptions, and the building of personal morality His evolving situation, from military asset to something , means he must ask himself questions he was never progra Bioform Rex is trying to be a Good Boy, the kind of Good Dog his Master wants him to be But when he is cut from that hierarchy, he must make his own decisions with the help of his friends in the Multi form Assault Pack Bees, Dragon, and Honey Reminiscent of Flowers for Algernon, Rex s story is one of self discovery, changing perceptions, and the building of personal morality His evolving situation, from military asset to something , means he must ask himself questions he was never programmed to consider what is the right thing to do And what happens when his Master orders him to go against this burgeoning understanding Told through multiple perspectives, including some of the other bioforms, the books presents a complex picture of humanity, especially when being human does not necessarily mean you are humane It gives the larger iss...4.5 starsExcellent near future SF that delves deep into the ethical questions that arise from augmenting animals and transforming them into a state of personhood It is just as heartwrenching as you might expect I was made to be a weapon but I have lived a life I was born an animal, they made me...Dogs of War was not the book I was expecting to read in a good way I ve long been a fan of Adrian Tchaikovsky, his Shadows of the Apt epic fantasy series is great and I really enjoyed his fantasy adventure novel Spiderlight In Dogs of War, Tchaikovsky turns his talents towards sci fi with genetically engineered bioforms animals enhanced by weaponised technology and given the smarts to communicate with humans on near like for like levels The protagonist is Rex, a genetically enhanced dog w Dogs of War was not the book I was expecting to read in a good way I ve...My name is Rex I am a Good Dog Rex is definitely a Good Dog He s also a nearly eight feet tall bio engineered cybernetically enhanced dog soldier with access to heavy weaponry and networked to a whole squad of other artificial bioweapons Being introduced to each of them is a really well done in text I won t spoil it hereMost of the humans who are hiding are the small humans, the immature ones Master says we must kill all of them Rex is a smart dog, but he s bred and programmed to obMy name is Rex I am a Good Dog Rex is definitely a Good Dog He s also a nearly... e arc given to me via netgalley in exchange for an honest reviewLife is constant creation and destruction The trick is knowing one from anotherThis book is about a group of engineered bioform animals They re used as weapons in the war cause they can carry out orders given to them by their master Rex is a dog, also the leader of the group which consists of a bear, a giant lizard dragon and bees Something about this book is that you will find the animalsintriguing than the humans I e arc given to me via netgalley in exchange for an honest reviewLife is constant creation and destruction The trick is knowing one from anotherThis book is about a group of engineered bioform animals They re used as weapons in the war cause they can carry out orders given to them by their master Rex is a dog, also the leader of the group which consists of a bear, a giant lizard dragon and bees Something about this book is that you will find the animalsintriguing than the humans I loved reading from Rex s perspective and anytime it was a person s POV, I got very bored.The author did a great job with the animals, they had emotions, thoughts and different personalities They even went through an intense character development, especially RexMy name is Rex I am a good DogAt first, Rex was a dog that worried about not pleasing his master and not making the right decisions but am glad that I got to see him getting over those fears and being himself.The reason am not giving this book five stars is...4.5 This was nearly a 5 star It starts with a bang of action Bio engineered dogs plus other animals working for an organisation with crwzy weaponary destroy a civilian outpost You can feel the pull of freedom or questioning his master in Rexs voice through his chapters Great action and characters, as well as an intriguing plot It changes tact and slowly becomes a different novel or beast altogether The novel changes direction and approaches questions about politics, ethics n relation to 4.5 This was nearly a 5 star It starts with a bang of action Bio engineered dogs plus other animals working for an organisation with crwzy weaponary destroy a civilian outpost You can feel the pull of freedom or questioning his master in Rexs voice through his chapters Great action and characters, as well as an intriguing plot It changes tact and slowly becomes a different novel or beast altogether The novel changes direction and approaches questions about politics, ethics n relation to the use and creation of these war machines, what makes us human, freedom of speech and also AI in our workforce and its issues and problems it could create with increasing change The last 50 pages I felt just didnt close it the way I d hoped for Still one of the better reads this year so far Cant wait forfrom this author This is acomplex book than just war machine animals going aroind on tactical missions It really deals with iss...Reksis ir Labs suns Vi m l cilv kus Vi ien st ienaidniekus Vi piln b klausa Saimnieku Vi a pleci sniedzas septi u p du augstum , vi a du lodes ne em, apbru ots ar lielkalibra iero iem un speci li izveidots t , lai vi a ultraska as kauko a p rbied tu cilv kus Kop ar P i, Bit m un Medu vi veido baru Reksis ir Bara l deris Bara uzdevums ir sakaut anarhistus dienvidaustrumu Meksik.Lasot o gr matu, jutos k izvilcis laim go lozi Te ir viss, kam b tu j b t nopietn m sdien g Reksis ir Labs suns Vi m l cilv kus Vi ien st ienaidniekus Vi piln b klausa Saimnieku Vi a pleci sniedzas septi u p du augstum , vi a du lodes ne em, apbru ots ar lielkalibra ...Loved it Intelligent, sensitive and humane, with nods to We3 and Flowers For Algernon I may never recover.

Dogs of War
  • 20 June 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 262 pages
  • Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Dogs of War