As a replicant, or “technohuman,” Detective Bruna Husky knows two things: humans bioengineered her to perform dangerous, undesirable tasks, and she has just ten years on the United States of Earth before her body automatically self-destructs. But with “antitechno” rage on the rise and a rash of premature deaths striking her fellow replicants, she may have even less time than she thought. Investigating the mysterious deaths, Bruna delves into the fractious, violent history shared by humans and replicants, and struggles to engage the society that fails to understand her—yet created her. The deeper she gets, the deadlier her work becomes as she uncovers a vast, terrifying conspiracy bent on changing the very course of the world. But even as the darkness of her reality closes in, Bruna clings fiercely to life.

Part human and part robot, private investigator Bruna Husky has been hired to locate a stolen diamond. But as Bruna’s leads start to drop dead, her case becomes about much more than a stolen gem—and much more dangerous. Traversing the galaxy, Bruna races against the clock to uncover a nuclear power conspiracy that threatens all sentient beings. Traveling from a distant planet populated by an extreme religious sect to landscapes destroyed by rising sea levels, Bruna tries to solve the puzzle of why so many people around her are suffering from toxic radiation. Meanwhile she must cope with a new love and the knowledge of when she will die, to the exact day. Designed for combat, Bruna can manipulate a plasma gun better than she can navigate matters of the heart. This tale of romance, prejudice, and ecoterrorism makes clear that though the future might appear very different in many ways, history can’t help but repeat itself.

Independiente, poco sociable, intuitiva y poderosa, la detective replicante Bruna Husky sólo tiene un punto vulnerable: su gran corazón. Cuando el inspector Lizard desaparece sin dejar rastro, la detective se lanza a una búsqueda desesperada y contrarreloj del policía. Su investigación la lleva a una colonia remota de Nuevos Antiguos, una secta que reniega de la tecnología, así como a rastrear los orígenes de una oscura trama de poder que se remonta al siglo xvi. Mientras tanto, la situación del mundo se hace más y más convulsa, la crispación populista aumenta y la guerra civil parece inevitable. Bruna tendrá que hacer frente a su mayor temor, la muerte, en una historia que es un certero y deslumbrante retrato de los tiempos en que vivimos.