Classic & Older Gothic

The Caves of Steel

by Isaac Asimov · Robot series

In a future Earth where humanity lives in vast enclosed cities and mistrusts robots, detective Lije Baley is assigned to solve the murder of a prominent Spacer—with a robot partner. Asimov weaves a taut mystery that interrogates prejudice, progress, and the uneasy partnership between man and machine. A landmark fusion of detective fiction and speculative thought.

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