Dogs of War

新科學人雜誌評選年度最佳書籍我叫Rex，我是一隻乖狗狗。Rex的肩膀就有七呎高，全身防彈，身上有大口徑的武器裝備，他的叫聲之大，就是為了要令敵人恐懼。他和其他同伴Dragon、Honey和Bees是墨西哥坎佩切州一個無政府突擊組織的一員。他是基因工程下的產物，也是人類骯髒戰爭下的致命武器，但Rex內心唯一想做的就是成為一隻好狗狗。要成為一隻好狗狗，首要條件就是要聽從主人的命令，甚至要殺光所有敵人。但是，到底誰才是真正的敵人？當主人被審判為戰犯時又會發生什麼事？被日內瓦公約授予為武器的權力又是什麼？Rex和其他生化基因武器又是否有存在於世上的權力？ My name is Rex. I am a good dog.Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, south-eastern Mexico.Rex is a genetically engineered Bioform, a deadly weapon in a dirty war. He has the intelligence to carry out his orders and feedback implants to reward him when he does. All he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says he's got to kill a lot of enemies.But who, exactly, are the enemies? What happens when Master is tried as a war criminal? What rights does the Geneva Convention grant weapons? Do Rex and his fellow Bioforms even have a right to exist? And what happens when Rex slips his leash?