Hugo- and Nebula-winner Wells's excellent first full-length Murderbot Diaries novel (after the novella Exit Strategy) sees her hilariously humanlike Artificial Intelligence Security Unit recount a routine space mission gone horribly awry. Network Effect is everything fans of the series could ask for-and a great starting point for newcomers.

Wells’ knack for biting satire is totally on point: The series is set in a future where technology itself has a greater conscience than the corporations who create it. Over the course of the unlikely duo’s weird and hilarious intergalactic adventures, they meet a bunch of fascinating, relatable characters and Murderbot confronts its relationship with its artificial-intelligence frenemy ART, not to mention all these ridiculous, cringeworthy humans. But when a past acquaintance, a teenage girl named Amena, shows up, the foulmouthed, antisocial bot embarks on a dangerous adventure to find a lost colony and a missing spacecraft crew. As usual, Wells’ snarky hero wants nothing more than to spend some quality time with its favorite soap opera. Network Effect is the first full-length novel in Martha Wells’ Murderbot Diaries series-and it’s every bit as punchy and hilarious as the novellas that came before it.

When Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.įor an android that totally hates humans, Murderbot sure ends up coming to their rescue a lot. I’m usually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are. You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot.Ĭome for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable A.I. “I caught myself rereading my favorite parts.

Named a Best of 2020 Pick for NPR | Book Riot | Polygon The first full-length novel in Martha Wells' New York Times and USA Today bestselling Murderbot Diaries series. WINNER of the 2021 Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards!

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