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In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.
On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid – a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as \”Murderbot.\” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is.
But when a neighbouring mission goes dark, it’s up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Imprint: Tor Books US
Publication date: 02/05/2017
Series: The Murderbot Diaries
All Systems Red
By Martha Wells
Review by Alethea
Murderbot is a delightful character whose greatest desire is to be left alone to consume entertainment media all day. Unfortunately, its job as a Security Unit, even with the bare minimum effort invested, gets in the way of this goal as it is required to provide security for its human clients on an increasingly hostile planet. On top of this, as if having to do its job isn't bad enough, it has to suffer through the horror of its human clients insisting on treating it is as a person and asking it to talk about its feelings. In the face of this, unknown and almost certain mortal danger is significantly preferable.
