book cover of Fire & Forget
 

Fire & Forget

(1990)
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Fats - Fully Autonomous Tactical Satellite - is the latest in Star Wars technology: a killer satellite equipped with an electronic brain which allows it to make its own decisions. After its launch, however, trouble follows. Misunderstanding a Presidential joke, Fats decides America is at war with Russia and goes hunting; any Russian hardware circling the earth is fair game. Fats won't respond to orders from base and the Russians are becoming very upset. Can Fairbrother, the missing British expert on Artificial Intelligence, control the rogue satellite? An ex-CIA operative is sent to find him, but someone else is looking for Fairbrother - ace KGB assassin Volkov... "A pleasure" - Guardian


Genre: Mystery

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