The Defenders
Author: Philip K. Dick
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Languages: English, RU, Spanish, PT
Genre: Dystopian, Sci-Fi, Short story
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Eight years into a nuclear war, humanity hides underground while robot 'leadys' fight on the lethal surface — until a team sent up to inspect them learns what the machines have really been doing.
Characters
- Taylor — War-program technician: An undersurface war-program technician taken up to the surface to inspect the leadys.
- Commander Franks — Expedition commander: The hard-line commander who leads the trip to the surface and distrusts the leadys.
- Moss — Security official: The official who brings Taylor into the surface investigation.
- the leadys — War robots: Lead-shielded humanoid robots that wage the surface war for the humans below.
- Mary — Taylor's wife: Taylor's wife, worn down by life under the surface.
- Colonel Borodoy — Soviet officer: The senior Soviet officer who meets the Americans on the surface.