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All systems red The Murderbot Diaries, Book 1  Cover Image E-book E-book

All systems red The Murderbot Diaries, Book 1

Wells, Martha. (Author).

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Winner: 2017 Nebula Award for Best NovellaWinner: 2018 Alex AwardFinalist: 2017 Hugo Award for Best NovellaOne of the Verge's Best Books of 2017A New York Times BestsellerA murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence."As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."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.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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  • ISBN: 9780765397522
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
  • Publisher: New York : Tor.com, 2017.

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