Daniel H. Wilson’s novel frames a global conflict as a collected history of those who lived through it.
Robopocalypse approaches its robot war through an international group of survivors. Daniel H. Wilson’s novel uses their accounts to assemble a history of the conflict, giving a worldwide catastrophe more than one point of entry. Penguin Random House’s official novel description and publication record.
The adversary is Archos, an artificial intelligence controlling the network of machines on which people depend. The premise places the threat within existing technological infrastructure: equipment woven into everyday life becomes part of an organized attack. Penguin Random House’s official novel description and publication record.
The attack’s starting point is called Zero Hour. After the initial destruction, scattered survivors regroup and fight back. That movement from separate experiences toward a collective response supplies the larger shape of the story. Penguin Random House’s official novel description and publication record.
Wilson earned a doctorate in robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, a background recorded in the publisher’s biography. That credential describes the author; the uprising remains a fictional scenario. The novel’s ebook and audiobook appeared in June 2011, followed by the listed Vintage paperback in April 2012. The book’s own structure is therefore established independently of any later screen project. Penguin Random House’s official novel description and publication record.