The Gift Givers (short story)

 was the first short story in the K9 anthology Megabytes. It was written by Bob Baker.

Publisher's summary
K9 returns to NuEarth Seven to find that an alien race has taken control of the planet's population of Earth colonists and A.I. life forms. Teaming up with a former crook and a work droid called Boxcar, K9 must use all his ingenuity to release the grip that the invaders have over the NuSev President. But how can he do this when he has never heard of or encountered the race enslaving the planet. A race calling themselves Axons...?

Plot
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Characters

 * K9
 * Boxcar

Worldbuilding
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Continuity
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