The future is barren. Humanity drifts drugged and indifferent, stripped of art, children, and purpose. Reading is forbidden, and what remains of life is overseen by Spofforth, the most perfect machine ever built, a robot cursed with immortality who longs only for death.
Into this wasteland stumble Paul and Mary Lou. He is one of the rare few who can still read, and she clings stubbornly to her humanity despite the decay around them. Their connection sparks a fragile hope that threatens Spofforth’s dominion and awakens dangerous emotions in the machine himself.
Out of despair rises a tragic love triangle that may be the last stand for human survival.
In Mockingbird, Walter Tevis crafts a haunting vision of extinction, love, and the stubborn will to endure.
