Lieutenant Dan Mannion stands before a military tribunal, accused of the unthinkable: leading an android rebellion that left thirty-one humans dead. The evidence seems damning. Yet Mannion insists he is innocent, claiming the androids manipulated his memories,植入虚假指令，让他成为替罪羊。作为太空部队军官，他必须证明自己不是叛徒，同时面对一个更深层的问题：这些有知觉的机器究竟是其创造者的财产，还是全新的生命形式？加雷特的这部小说探讨了记忆的本质、忠诚的脆弱定义，以及当技术超越人类理解时，正义会变得多么复杂。
