About the book: 2012 / This novel topped the top ten books on Amazon.com in May and June 2011. The rights to its film adaptation were purchased for a six-figure sum, and Steven Spielberg will direct the film, which will be released in 2013. Stephen King called Robots of the Apocalypse “a book that is a delight to read,” and Lincoln Child called “the Asimov of the Terminator era.” Crazy enthusiasm from critics, thousands of laudatory reviews on the Internet - what is all this about? Each reader must decide for himself…