A bio-engineered dog fights for its life and its right to life. From the Arthur C. Clark
Award-winning author of CHILDREN OF TIME . My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also
seven foot tall at the shoulder bulletproof bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his
voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon Honey and Bees
he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche Mexico. A
genetically engineered Bioform he's a deadly weapon in a dirty war. All he wants to be is a
Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says he's got to kill a
lot of enemies. But who exactly are the enemies? What happens when Master is tried as a war
criminal? What rights does the Geneva Convention grant weapons? Do Rex and his fellow Bioforms
even have a right to exist? And what happens when Rex slips his leash? 'Detailed and clever
worldbuilding... Tchaikovsky pulls off an impressive feat in making Rex's character evolution
genuinely moving. Readers will be wowed' Publishers Weekly
