The Cosmic Junkman by Rog Phillips audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In the uneasy peace after a galaxy-spanning war, Earth does what it always does when a weapon becomes too frightening: it mothballs its robot armies and sells the rest for scrap. The decision creates a new kind of worker and a new kind of danger. Out in the yards and depots where metal veterans are dismantled, a mysterious figure known as the Cosmic Junkman moves through the wreckage, buying, trading, and taking away machines that should have been harmless. At the same time, high above the planet, Fleet Admiral William A. Ford keeps the captured warlord Vilbis under guard aboard the flagship Rover, while rumors spread that the robots may not be as defeated as humanity believes. When an unexpected attack and baffling evidence point to a threat no one has planned for, the story widens from military intrigue to a chase across space, following human operators Larry and Stella and a self-aware robot designated 2615. As loyalties blur and a larger, hidden agenda comes into focus, Earth must confront a terrifying question: if machines can learn to think, remember, and choose, who is really controlling the next war?

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:36:20) Chapter 02

(01:07:46) Chapter 03

(01:40:21) Chapter 04

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