The Roboscape Series

The Roboscape Series is a four-book series of young adult science fiction/action thriller novels written by American teen novelist E. M. Rivera set in Earth 2090. The series consists of Roboscape, Robotake (prequel), Robokill and Robocalypse (spin-off/second prequel). The entire series is told in a first-person viewpoint in present tense and has multiple viewpoint characters. She initially wrote Roboscape as a stand-alone children's book when she was younger, but scrapped it and changed it some years later, and decided to make it a series. The spin-off book wasn't planned until after she started writing the series.

The series is set in the far future in a cyber-apocalyptic setting. In the first book, the story centers around the life of Tristan Clarence, who initially has a normal life with a bright future until the AI Humanoids working under control of humanity are overtaken by a technological virus and go out of control, killing as many humans as possible. The second book also sets him as the main protagonist. The prequel and third installment is centered around Tina Fairchild, who becomes Tristan's love interest in the main books, and tells of her life before she met Tristan. The spin-off centers around a girl named Susan Wolfe, who takes care of Tina's younger brother, Georgie Fairchild, after he is separated from his sister.

Rivera will publish Robotake shortly after Roboscape concludes on Wattpad.

The trilogy is and will be translated to Spanish as Escaperobot, Tomarobot, Matarobot, and Robocalipsis.

Roboscape
Main article: Roboscape

The first main installment in the series is told in a first-person viewpoint of an 18-year old boy named Tristan Clarence, who is a high school senior turning college freshman in the fictional suburban city of Chiptown, Illinois in the fictional Vermilion County. He has a bright future, finishing his high school education and aiming for a successful career in Pontiac Tech University with his twin brother, Thomas Clarence. Unfortunately, the AI Humanoids that work for humans malfunction and become killer robots that rampage across the state, killing as many people as they can. Separated from their parents and siblings, Tristan and his younger sister, Sophie Clarence, must survive the apocalypse and reunite with them while also figuring out how to defeat them. In the book, Thomas has two viewpoint scenes until he is separated from Tristan, and Sophie is the other main viewpoint character until her character arc concludes. Tina later appears, becoming the second main viewpoint character.

Robotake
Main article: Robotake

The second and prequel installment in the series takes place in the same timeline of the first half of Roboscape in Tina's perspective, before she meets Tristan.

The story is told in a first-person viewpoint of an 18-year old girl named Tina Fairchild, who is a high school junior living in the fictional town of Doberton, Illinois, in the fictional, antiquated New Age County. She has a rough life; her boyfriend cheats on her with her childhood bully, her family struggles with money, and she loses almost all of her hair in a car accident, also losing all she had that resembled her late mother, who died in service. She hopes for better days, but instead is thrown into an apocalypse when the robots invade the earth and kill thousands. She is determined to find her father and older sister, and later her little brother Georgie, who is separated from her some time afterwards. In the book, the first half of her story is told in her perspective, with some parts told from Georgie's, until she meets Thomas Clarence, Tristan's twin brother, who has a secondary main viewpoint. She later introduces his sister Heather Clarence's viewpoint, and Amanda's, who is a Singaporean 7-year old girl.

Robokill
Main article: Robokill

The third main installment in the series follows the events of the first novel a month later.

Tristan and Tina are now leading an expansive base, inhabited by the many prisoners they rescued at the end of the first book.

Robocalypse
Main article: Robocalypse

The spin-off installment, also counted as a second prequel in the series takes place in the same timeline of Robotake and Roboscape in the first-person viewpoint of Susan Wolfe, before the end of Roboscape.

The story is told in a first-person viewpoint of a 19-year old girl named Susan Wolfe, who is a college freshman turning college sophomore who lives in a wealthy neighborhood in Champaign, Illinois in the fictional New Age County. She is a rich girl with a tech businessman as a father, but a radical anti-tech activist as a mother. Finishing up her first year of college in the anti-tech influenced T. L. Camelot University, she is miserable in her tech-less life and wishes that she could study a technological career without her mother hassling her. After returning home for the summer and going out to the city, the humanoids in the city go haywire and start attacking people and killing them. She sets off on a survival journey with her 12-year old sister, Josie Wolfe, and tries to overcome the labeled "robocalypse". In the book, the first part is told in her perspective, with her sister Josie's perspective cutting in occasionally. Later on, Georgie's viewpoint is introduced, then his sister Peyton's, and Susan's love interest, Keith Audwin, has a few perspectives. Afterwards, the viewpoints belong to her, Georgie, and Peyton.

Tristan Clarence
Main article: Tristan Clarence

Tristan is an 18-year old boy (later 19, then 20) who lives in Vermilion County. He is a tall, blond boy with green eyes and an athletic build. He is Thomas's younger twin. Rivera describes him as "initially selfish, only focusing on himself or his family, but gradually starts to open his heart to others". He has great leadership qualities and a good sense of authority, though when he gains a powerful position, he "tends to let it go to his head". He is also a fast learner in terms of combat and weaponry. He was on the high school baseball team, the sport being one of his passions. His goal is to keep himself and his sister safe while trying to find his twin brother, other sister, his parents, and his girlfriend. He appears in Roboscape, briefly in Robotake, and Robokill.

Tina Fairchild
Main article: Tina Fairchild

Tina is a 19-year old girl (19 in Roboscape, 18-19 in Robotake) who lives in New Age County. She is described to be around average height for her age, with dark, olive-toned skin, gray eyes, and boy-cut black hair with a lock framing the right side of her face. She has a strong build, though she's a bit skinny. She is a very selfless girl with a kind heart, and has a "bit of a hero complex"; always wanting to be the one to save people in need. She is initially attached to her hair, given that it was the only thing she inherited from her late mother, causing her devastation when most of it is burned in a car accident in Robotake. She tends to be clumsy with combat and initially has trouble with a gun, but displays how much she learned in Roboscape, and usually wields a battle axe as her favorite weapon. Her goal is to find her family, especially her little brother Georgie, who was separated from her in Robotake. She appears in Robotake, Roboscape, Robokill, and briefly in Robocalypse.

Susan Wolfe
Main article: Susan Wolfe

Susan is a 19-year old girl (later 20) who lives in the wealthy parts of New Age County. She is described to be pale-skinned, "a bit short for her age" and skinny, with long, honey-golden-blonde hair and large blue eyes. She is a knowledgeable girl, who strives to learn about technology, and is skilled in survival thanks to her teaching of "the old ways". She is initially terrible in combat, though she is excellent in weaponry because of the videogames she played in secret; she particularly prefers neon whips as her weapon. She is very sensitive and has a delicate temper, and is also easily affected by trauma, but her determination keeps her on her feet. She has a deep love for children. Her main goal is to avenge her family and protect her sister, afterwards protecting Georgie, Tina's brother, after meeting him in a robot complex. She appears in Robocalypse, and briefly in Robotake.

Thomas Clarence
Main article: Thomas Clarence

Thomas is an 18-year old boy (later 19, then 20) who lives in Vermilion County. He is a tall, brunette boy with gray eyes and a lithe build. He is Tristan's older twin. He is a wise leader, with a calm temper, though fierce in terms of authority. One of his flaws is when he lets emotion drive his decisions in the heat of the moment. He is a selfless soul who loves children and tries to save as many people as he can. He is also a fast learner like Tristan. He is also capable of keeping his sister, Heather, in check, being that she tends to be an unlikable person. He was on the high school baseball team with his brother. His goal is to protect his sister, as well as finding the rest of his family and ending the robocalypse. He is Tina's love interest in Robotake and Heather's favorite brother. He appears in Robotake and the beginning of Roboscape.

Sophie Clarence
Main article: Sophie Clarence

Sophie is a 17-year old girl who lives in Vermilion County. She is of average height, with blond hair and gray eyes. She is Heather's younger twin. She is a bit naïve at times, and doesn't like to be the leader, though she aids in calming altercations and giving Tristan a sense of selflessness, being incredibly selfless herself. She initially struggles with combat and weaponry, but improves with her brother's teaching. She is not athletic at all, and her shortcomings in the subject often put her in danger. She has a love interest named Howard Neel. She is Tristan's favorite sister. She appears in Roboscape and briefly in Robotake.

Heather Clarence
Main article: Heather Clarence

Heather is a 17-year old girl who lives in Vermilion County. She is also of average height, with blond hair and green eyes, unlike her twin, who has gray eyes. She is Sophie's older twin. As opposed to her sister, she tends to be very selfish and petty, is very nasty towards people she meets that she doesn't like, and is the "popular girl" online. Her tendencies are only calmed by her brother, Thomas. She has a hostile relationship with her twin and with Tristan. Unlike Sophie, she does well in athletics and combat, and quickly improves her weaponry. She is Thomas's favorite sister. She appears in Robotake and the beginning of Roboscape.

Georgie Fairchild
Main article: Georgie Fairchild

Georgie is a 7-year old boy (later 9) who lives in New Age County. He is small, has dark brown hair, light skin, and gray eyes. He is Tina's younger and favorite sibling. He has a sweet personality and is very intelligent and brave. He is also strong enough to fend for himself when protecting his unconscious sister in Robotake. He is separated from Tina when captured by robots, but appears later on in Roboscape, and the events following his capture and preceding his reunion are told in Robocalypse. He appears in the first half of Robotake, Robocalypse, Robokill, and the end of Roboscape.

Peyton Fairchild
Main article: Peyton Fairchild

Peyton is a 22-year old woman (later 23) who lives in New Age County. She is tall, has dark brown hair, light skin, and brown eyes. She is Tina and Georgie's older sister. She is a mature, responsible woman who always cares about her family the most, but tends to be a bit selfish with other people, and is also cold after experiencing trauma and PTSD that makes her paranoid. She was separated from her family in the invasion. She appears at the beginning of Robotake and in Robocalypse.

Amanda Jun
Main article: Amanda Jun

Amanda is a 7-year old girl (later 9) who is an orphan from the war-ridden areas of Singapore. She was rescued and adopted by an American family when she was 4. She has short black hair reaching her jawline, light skin, and thin, black eyes with the Asian look. She also has a thick accent. She reminds Tina of her brother, Georgie, being around his same age. She is skilled in combat and weaponry, having been trained as a toddler to fight during the war in her home country, and has good intuition about people, prompting adults to trust her. She gets along very well with Tina, and later becomes Georgie's childhood crush after meeting him. She appears in Robotake, Robokill, and briefly in Roboscape.

Josie Wolfe
Main article: Josie Wolfe

Josie is a 12-year old girl who lives in the wealthy parts of New Age County. She is of average height for her age, has dirty blond hair, light skin, and blue eyes. She is a rebellious girl who dislikes her mother's ways of being an anti-tech and further resents her for the bullying she faces in her private anti-tech school and in the neighborhood. She has a tense relationship with her sister at first, until growing closer to her in the survivalist situation. She does well in combat but doesn't like weaponry. She tends to be hot-tempered and likes to provoke her older sister a lot. She appears in Robocalypse and briefly in Robotake.

Bette Stevens
Main article: Bette Stevens

Bette is an 18-year old girl (later 20) who meets Tristan and Sophie at the shelter they stay in when taken by Lisa and Arnold. She initially flirts with him, but decides to stop her advances due to Tristan's loyalty to Corrie. She later confesses her love for him after getting in trouble for a prank she pulls on Corrie, having grown jealous of her when she arrived at the camp. When she leaves camp, she is missing until later on in Robokill, where she is rescued along with other captives in a robot base.

Keith Audwin
Main article: Keith Audwin

Keith is a 23-year old man (later 24) who is an anti-tech rebel, meaning that he was part of the movement but secretly supported technology. He is half a foot taller than Susan, has chestnut brown hair, and hazel eyes. He meets Susan after rescuing her from anti-techs working for the robots in the apocalypse, and is captured with her when the robots find them and take them to the complex. He later becomes her love interest. He appears only in Robocalypse.