'The Negotiator' by Simon Carter
Talk the talk...
In a not too distant future, machines, human replicants are commonplace. When a domestic replicant murders the father of his house and threatens to do the same to the young daughter, a law enforcement negotiator is sent to handle negotiations.
The negotiator is also a replicant, can machine talk machine down?...

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