Im Krieg

by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Henry-Luc Planchat

Paperback, 380 pages

German language

Published 2019 by Heyne.

ISBN:: 978-3-453-32024-6

(11 reviews)

"Mein Name ist Rex. Ich bin ein guter Hund." Und das ist auch alles, was Rex, eine sogenannte technisch optimierte Bioform, in seinem Leben möchte - ein guter Hund sein und seinem Herrn gehorchen. Gemeinsam mit seinem Rudel kämpft Rex in einem seit Jahrzehnten andauernden Krieg, und wenn sein Herr sagt "Töte!", dann tötet Rex. Wieder und wieder. Als sein Herr eines Tages vors Kriegsgericht gestellt wird, kommen Rex jedoch Zweifel. Was soll er tun, wenn er keinen Herrn mehr hat, der ihm befiehlt? War es möglicherweise falsch, blind zu gehorchen? Und haben er und die anderen Bioformen überhaupt ein Anrecht auf Freiheit und ein eigenes Leben?

5 editions

Paul reviewed Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Dogs of War, #1)

A very readable novel with a lot to say

5 stars

As an exploration of what it means to be a person, from the point of view of a 7ft bioengineered dog, this novel is absolutely brilliant. The main character, Rex, is a good dog, and in this novel Adrian Tchaikovsky really does manage to effectively portray this dogs-eye view of the world.

Dogs of War is a very readable novel and one with much to say about sentience, slavery, artificial intelligence, and what happens when all these threads come together.

It really is superb.

Frank Burns reviewed Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Dogs of War, #1)

Review of 'Dogs of War' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Well, this was a surprise. I only downloaded it because it was free with Amazon Prime and started reading not expecting much. What seemed to be a familiar fable, covering old ground quickly grew into a study of many, many things. This book was largely about 'should', told through the prism of a dog who had been made to be a human and then forced again to become more and more by circumstance. When all he wanted to be was a 'Good Dog'. In particular, the ending twist about slavery was very on point. Highly recommended if not quite five stars.