By: Martha Wells
Genre: Science Fiction
Tor.com
February 1, 2019
On Sale: January 22, 2019
Featuring:
160 pages
ISBN: 1250214718
EAN: 9781250214713
Kindle: B01MYZ8X5C
Hardcover / e-Book (reprint)
Book Summary
For the first time in hardcover, Martha Wells'
award-winning, New York Times bestselling
All Systems Red
Winner: 2017 Nebula
Award for Best Novella
Winner: 2018 Alex
Award
Finalist: 2017 Hugo Award for Best
Novella
One of the Verge's Best Books of
2017
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a
complete failure."
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.
But in a society where contracts are awarded
to the lowest bidder, safety isn't a primary
concern.
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 (and to watch its favorite show in its
downtime.)
But when a neighboring mission goes dark,
it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the
truth.