This sequel to A Psalm for the Wild-Built picks up directly where the first one left off: monk Dex and robot Mosscap are traveling together, heading ultimately toward the City and lots of meetings with academic and political leaders. But along they way, the pair stops at plenty of small villages, giving Mosscap a chance to meet humans and ask its question, "What do humans need?"
Just like the first Monk and Robot book (which you really must read full stop, and definitely before picking up this one), this quiet and contained science fiction story explores humanity, meeting "the other," and what we really need to survive. And what's particularly great is that Chambers never gives us an answer, leaving her readers to figure that out themselves. This is something that Chambers is absolutely masterful at, and it's why I have yet to read one of her books that I haven't completely loved. Highly recommend her as an author, and these books in particular.
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