Android Lost is a Great Prequel

Android Lost: Prequel to The Legacies of Mars by Casey Davies
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is probably one of the best prequels I've experienced in any form. Unlike a lot of big budget movie prequels, it doesn't strain to explain and wind up making things murkier. Or give you the secret origin of things you don't care about.

It's just a taut, thrilling story about a colony on Mars. There are several advanced androids, including Zamler, who struggles with the human emotions his creator gave him. They work hand-in-hand with humans like Shane, who was abused and forced to work on "the farm," which provides food but is basically a forced labor camp. When a threat to the Martian colony appears, the humans and androids must work together to stop it.

The book is not extremely long and it does a good job of setting the table for the first book in the series. If you haven't read the first book then go ahead and read this one first, but if you like not-too-hard science fiction then definitely read them.

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