The Defenders

by Philip K. Dick

Genres: Science Fiction

Synopsis

The Defenders is a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. Eight years in the past, a nuclear war erupted between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. American survivors evacuated to massive shelters located miles underground. High-tech robots called "Leadys" keep on fighting the war on the ravaged surface, it being too hazardous for humans. The Soviets have similarly abandoned their surface, and each side develops formidable weapons and vehicles for a remote-controlled war they can only see through the machine's filmic recordings of events…

Release date: March 14, 2018

Publisher: HarperPerennial Classics

Print pages: 33