First the Soviets and the Westerners fought. Then the Westerners brought Schonerman’s
killer robots into the mix. Then the robots fought both human sides. You know all that from
Dick’s earlier story, “Second Variety.” But now it’s long after the desolation, long
enough that Caleb Ryan and his financial backer Kastner are willing to bring back the secret
of Schonerman’s robots from the past to make their world a better place for surviving
mankind, including Ryan’s visionary son Jon.
— Michael Main