El Reino

What if Westworld were combined with Disney World? What if Disney princesses weren't girls in costumes, but animatronic hybrids programmed to make every visitor's dream come true? And what if an android programmed not to lie and to serve humans murdered one... and denied having done it? That is the premise of The Kingdom, a novel that combines fantasy with technology and Asimov's ethical dilemmas to tell a story about what makes us human. Welcome to the place where only happy endings exist. At the Kingdom theme park, guests ride virtual dragons, castles loom from on high, and once-extinct animals now bioengineered roam the grounds. Ana is one of the seven fantasists, princess-like automatons whose goal is to entertain the public. When she meets Owen, a park worker, Ana begins to experience emotions beyond her programming. But her fairy tale turns into a nightmare when she is arrested for murdering Owen.