Unwise Child

The Long Chance is forty-seven days from Earth when the sabotage begins. A crew member is killed, an experimental robot becomes the prime suspect, and the killer announces their intentions in blood: everyone dies, or the ship explodes. With no way to call for help, the passengers and crew must find the murderer among themselves before time runs out. As suspicions mount and bodies pile up, the line between human and machine blurs, and trust becomes the most dangerous commodity on board. Randall Garrett builds a masterfully claustrophobic locked-room mystery where the void of space presses in, and anyone could be the next killer. The tension never lets up, and the robot at the heart of the mystery raises unsettling questions about consciousness, responsibility, and what it means to be wise or unwise.