Publisher's Synopsis
A Blessing in Disguise:
THE SUPREME CHAMPIONSHIP of Combat Robotics -- on the Moon? If you're good enough, they'll send you a long way to claim the Supreme Championship. But in order to be a winner, your robot has to be dangerous. The robot is supposed to use its weapons on other robots, but what about humans who threaten its creator? The robot, Chernobog, has such interesting weapons, some people will do anything to get them. Will it meet hostility with hostility? A vindictive `bot might act like the demon Chernobog's appearance suggests, but a wise one might respond to hostility with a charm offensive, instead. What do I want my legacy to be? Chernobog--now 'Cher'--thought to herself. Had a robot ever thought about how future generations would think of it, before? This one would. And its replicas would think the same way--or so Cher hoped--
