by Martha Wells
Part of The Murderbot Diaries, book 2
First published 2018
Murderbot carries fragments of memory from a massacre that earned it its name. The security android knows humans died at a mining facility, but the details remain clouded. It wants answers about what really happened when it went rogue. Murderbot partners with ART, a Research Transport vessel with an attitude problem. Together they travel to the remote mining site where the killings occurred. The facility holds secrets that will challenge everything Murderbot believes about its past actions. As Murderbot investigates the scene of its alleged crimes, it must confront the possibility that its memories might be wrong. The truth about the massacre will reshape how Murderbot sees itself and its relationship with humans.
Genres: science-fiction, thriller, action, artificial-intelligence
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Mining Facility
159 pages · Paperback · Tor.com
Content warnings: violence