Signal Boost: The Murderbot Diaries
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells There are currently five entries in this highly entertaining science fiction series from Martha Wells. The first four - All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol , and Exit Strategy - are all novellas. The most recent entry, Network Effect , is the first full length novel featuring Murderbot, aka SecUnit, the security construct (part robot, part human tissue) that is the main character of the series and who serves as our guide. I have thoroughly enjoyed this series, devouring the novellas once I became aware of them, and I've just started the fifth book, which was released in May. The stories all take place in a far future where corporations control space exploration/colonization, and teams that go out on these hazardous missions must take a company-owned security unit (SecUnit) with them for protection. The SecUnit of this series has just managed to hack its own control system when we first meet up with it. But rather th...