Alastair Sterling was tge inventor who sparked the robot revolution. And because of his sudden death, he didnt see any of it. That is, until he wakes up 16 years later in a robot body that matches his old one exactly. Until he stels outside and finds a world utterly unlike the one he left behind - a world where robots live alongside their human neighbors and coexist in their cities. A worls he helped create. Now Al must track down his old partner Brendan to fund out who is responsible for Al's unexpected resurrection, but their reunion raises even more questions. Like who the robot living with Brendan is. And whg does she look like Al. And how much of the past should stay in the past....