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.
But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it’s up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.
Read from January 5, 2021 – January 6, 2021
This is one of those books that many people will read and think that it was made for them. I mean, it really doesn’t get any more relatable than a robot who hates interacting with humans, is addicted to (illegally) streaming TV shows, and avoids their responsibilities like I avoid that one grocery store in my hometown because there’s always a chance that I’ll run into someone from high school and that really awkward thing will happen where you make eye contact but you both pretend that you didn’t notice each other, but by some twisted fate you keep crossing paths with them around the store (unfortunately based on true events).
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