Exit Strategy

Exit Strategy (2018) Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

Listening to the SecSystem’s audio, I heard a crew member in the corridor say, “I’ve never seen one out of armor. They really do look human.”

I made a gesture in that direction that I had only seen in the shows that were rated high on the obscenity scale. Gurathin saw me and made a choking noise.

“You’ll have to wait to discuss it,” Pin-Lee told them. “It can’t enter into any contractual agreements until it completes its memory rebuild.”

“Why?” I asked her. “Because my owner says so?”

“No, asshole,” Pin-Lee said. “Because I’m your legal counsel.”

What do you want?

I suddenly got: I want to kill you.

Okay, I was a little offended. Why? You don’t even know me.

Characters: Murderbot, Ship, Dr. Bharadwaj, Pin-Lee, Ratthi, Gurathin, Dr. Mensah, Serrat, Ratthi

Cover illustration by Jaime Jones

Publisher: Tordotcom

Rating: 9.5/10

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