by Philip K. Dick

In this apocalyptic story, the West and the Soviet Union have laid to waste the world through nuclear conflict. Fighting continues in isolated pockets of humanity determined to fight to the bitter end. The west deploys robots that can clone themselves to continue the fight. The claw robots consist of spinning metal blades that hone in on body heat to find and destroy the entirety of the Soviet forces. The claws eventually evolve into human robots and turn on humanity. A truly suspenseful nail biting thriller.