Monk and Robot

<p>Becky Chambers' two award-winning, bestselling, beloved, and uplifting Monk and Robot stories, <i>A Psalm for the Wild-Built</i> and <i>A Prayer for the Crown-Shy</i>, together in trade paperback for the first time!<br><br><b>Becky Chambers' delightful, post-Utopian, Hugo Award-winning series gives us hope for the future.<br></b><br>It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend.<br><br>One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered.<br><br>But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how.<br>They're going to need to ask it a <i>lot.</i><br><br>Becky Chambers' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?<br><br><br>This book includes both <i>A Psalm for the Wild-Built</i> and <i>A Prayer for the Crown-Shy</i> in paperback for the first time!</p>