Part SciFi thriller, part coming-of-age, All Systems Red follows the (mis)adventures of Murderbot as it tries to protect its humans, when those humans get in trouble after the sudden disappearance of another team on the other side of the planet. But this particular team not only got a self-aware unit who calls itself Murderbot but also has a (self)hacked governor module, a penchant for consuming TV shows and a disdain for humans. As part of their deal with The Company, each team gets a Company-supplied security android, a SecUnit, complete with weapons and a governor module. In a distant future, a team of scientists is conducting a research on a distant, uninhabited planet, their mission approved and supplied by The Company. It is, for lack of a better word, delicious and I consumed this story in one go. Right off the bat, I wanted to say that All Systems Red has one of the best, funnest narrative voices I’ve read of late. How did we get this book: ARC from the publisher, Bought Stand alone or series : Book 1 in the Murderbot Diaries 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.īut when a neighboring mission goes dark, it’s up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.
Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.īut in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that blends HBO’s Westworld with Iain M.
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