Heir Apparent

4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars | 43 ratings

Price: 1.5

Last update: 02-12-2025


About this item

Meet Sonny, the most popular and professional nurse's aide at Brookside Nursing Home. Always willing to listen or to put a smile on a resident's face. Sonny is also an AI-powered robot. When one of the residents bequeaths her entire estate to Sonny, her distant relations contest the will, and the resulting trial becomes a media circus that tests the boundaries of business, AI, and human compassion.

Top reviews from the United States

  • Arjun
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ethos meets Pathos; another intelligent story from Daniel Suarez that really makes you think.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2025
    “Heir Apparent” is a short story that manages to weave a narrative fabric comprising many threads based on the zeitgeist. I will not mention any part of the story or its underlying premises, but will say that you too will experience the spectrum of emotions with joy, sorrow and rage adding a dimension to your enjoyment of the story. It’s a story that will make you pause at many moments to consider, compare and contrast the alternate reality Daniel Suarez so masterfully paints, with our own.

    This story took me about an hour to complete, including contemplative breaks. I recommend it for your next flight or if you need a 1-hour break from reality.
  • Demonique
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great as always
    Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2025
    In such a short story, it was an emotional rollercoaster. Perfect for fans of stories about robots and questioning their rights. It reminded me of the animatrix shorts about the efforts of the machines to express their freedoms. Of course the name immediately invokes iRobot and the compilation of when does mimicking human behavior becomes consciousness? Great book and I hope others read it!
  • Ohio Rich
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
    Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2025
    Great and dark twist. I’ve not read ANYTHING by Dan that wasn’t just awesome. Looking forward to his next release. I hope he releases more short stories.
  • Mark T. Kashman
    4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, quick read
    Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2025
    Great set up and a quick twist at the end. Gave me a lot to think about during, and then after to consider what might happen if the book/story continued.
  • Jason Parks
    5.0 out of 5 stars Win win
    Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2025
    Is it so bad that Sonny is genuinely helping and getting paid? Seems like everybody benefits. Suarez predicting the near future, once again.
  • CoolerHeads
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amusing, moving and then…
    Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2025
    A page turning story that raises issues you don’t see coming. I teared up and I thought about the situation more deeply.
  • MI
    5.0 out of 5 stars never disappoints
    Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2025
    Daniel has once again provided a feast for thought. In just a few brief pages he set the call for hours of internal mind wrestling. Everything about this short story was excellent with the exception of the cover art.
    Thanks again Daniel, l can’t wait for your next one!

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