And so, Murderbot is embroiled in a mystery that stretches deep into the series’ corporate intrigue. But something has happened to ART to affect its personality the ship is now inhabited by mysterious grey-skinned people and the vessel appears to have been contaminated by some sort of alien organic remnant. The craft in question is familiar to Murderbot: it is the ship run by the AI known to our protagonist as ART (Asshole Research Transport). Its job is to defend the researchers from hazards, and one such hazard becomes apparent when the expedition is attacked by a spaceship. Murderbot, no longer masquerading as an augmented human, is now accompanying a scientific expedition. The story of an artificial being – half-machine and half-clone – who became a freelance bodyguard was originally told over the course of four novellas: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, and Exit Strategy with Network Effect, it received its first full-length novel. Martha Wells’ Murderbot series must surely be counted among the biggest hits of contemporary science fiction.
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