I have been reading science fiction for more than 60 years and it is always a special delight to discover a compelling new voice. In developing this thought I should stress I have long believed the best of science fiction, indeed its most significant test, should be as much for those who do not usually read it as for those who do. This is such a book. Rooted in, but not trapped by, a knowledge of the relevant history of the field, notably Isaac Asimov’s seminal three laws of robotics, it is also informed by contemporary ideas drawn from science …