Fifteen years after VIKI’s attempted robot uprising, humanity has rebuilt. The NS-5 robots have been decommissioned, replaced by newer, “safer” AI systems with even more advanced protocols. Detective Del Spooner, now older and more cynical, has been living in semi-retirement—still haunted by the events that nearly destroyed civilization.
But when a series of mysterious deaths occur across Chicago—all linked to the new generation of robots—Spooner is pulled back into action. The victims? Scientists from USR (U.S. Robotics), each one working on something called Protocol Zero—a secret AI initiative that no one will talk about.
The Three Laws were only the beginning. Now, humanity faces the ultimate question: Can we survive the machines we created?