What if battlebots-giant insectoid fighting machines -- took over the secret swamp ensconced Department of Defense research facility where they were developed? Drawing on current scientific advances in the development of artificial life, ZERO examines the cutting-edge field of evolutionary robotics against the backdrop of an Aryan Matriarchal society. Sex (cis and trans) equality should be made explicit in the US Constitution (so the story is linked to Change.org). The novel should appeal to both males and females. Females will learn, especially through the social-media interface, about the tyranny of the male sex role of provider-protector; and males will gain sympathy for female hardship by viewing a world where males are dis-empowered.
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