This is a link to my review of All Systems Red by Martha Wells, Book 1 of The Murderbot Diaries.Network Effect is the first and only Murderbot entry to date that had managed to achieved the novel length the previous 4 were novellas, and the subsequent one, Fugitive Telemetry, which will be published on 27 of April and which I’ll review next week, also reverts to this format at meagre 176 pages. This is the link to the Goodreads page for Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells. This is the link to the Goodreads page for Network Effect by Martha Wells. The series continues, and I plan to stay on the ride. Fugitive Telemetry will be Book 6 of the Murderbot Diaries and published on April 27, 2021. The book comes to a satisfying conclusion and sets up the next adventure for Murderbot. There are passages where Murderbot recounts old events, sometimes as transcripts. The plot of the novel was hard to figure out at the beginning, but explained later. Murderbot was snarky, compassionate to her clients, and resourceful. The book was enjoyable and hit all the marks a reader could expect. It was worth the wait for a Murderbot novel. Who are the Targets and why does someone summon the Survey ship are the mysteries that Murderbot must solve? The lives of its clients depend on finding answers. The Survey ship ends up in a mysterious solar system. Murderbot eliminates the Targets, but there will be more. Murderbot had hacked its governor module so can ignore the programming the Company used to create it. On a survey, unknown hostiles attack them and Murderbot names them as Targets, but only to itself. It serves as a Survey Security Consultant to members of the group. In Network Effect by Martha Wells, Murderbot has completed her mission as described in the earlier four books for the PreservationAux Group. In this story, Murderbot must solve a complex mystery or risk the deaths of her human clients. The protagonist of the diaries is a SecUnit (Security Unit), a part organic and part mechanical cyborg, or as she calls herself a Murderbot. The earlier stories are a series of four novellas that complete a self-contained single story. Network Effect by Martha Wells is the first novel of the Murderbot Diaries Series.

Network Effect by Martha Wells, Murderbot Diaries Book 5 Introduction

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