A job and an assigned purpose are different starting points — reading journey
Pulses, Future’s Guardian and Spliced invite related questions about obligation without giving their protagonists the same relationship to work.
Spoiler-light introduction. This complements the source books and does not reproduce their text.
Pulses
For Aldebaran, missing a factory shift can mean death. When a chance to escape appears, the life he knows begins to unravel. Beyond the factory lies an unfamiliar world, and surviving it will demand more than leaving his old routine behind.
Plan your readingFuture's Guardian
In a future New York ruled by the Augamani Corporation, employment is compulsory. Factory technician Ylan takes pride in his place in that system—until unexpected events threaten his stability and force him to choose between familiar security and an uncertain future.
Plan your readingSpliced
Liam-332 was bred to be an enforcer and believes he exists to protect others. When a routine pursuit ends in a suspect’s death, links to terrorism pull him into a widening crisis—and toward questions about the purpose behind his own creation.
Plan your readingQuestions for your reading
- What does each opening role appear to offer its protagonist as well as demand from them?
- When does a description of someone’s work begin to sound like a claim about who they are?