All Systems Red

All Systems Red (2017) Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries #1)

This is why I prefer wearing the armor, even inside the habitat where it’s unnecessary and can just get in the way. Human clients usually like to pretend I’m a robot and that’s much easier in the armor.

But the company would access all those recordings and data mine them for anything they could sell. No, they don’t tell people that. Yes, everyone does know it. No, there’s nothing you can do about it.

When he said, “I have a question,” I flinched. The silence up to this point had lulled me into a false sense of security.

Characters: Murderbot, Dr. Volescu, Dr. Bharadwaj, Pin-Lee, Arada, Dr. Gurathin, Dr. Mensah, Ratthi

Cover illustration by Jaime Jones

Publisher: Tordotcom

Rating: 10/10

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