Murderbot—the sardonic, almost-homicidal, media-loving android created by Martha Wells—has proven to be one of the most popular characters in 21 st century science fiction. Everything that makes this protagonist (it would be wrong to call Murderbot a hero) beloved of fans is on display in Compulsory. While trying to watch episode 44 of The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon, Murderbot is—again, what is it with humans?—distracted by something that is technically outside its purview. A miner is suddenly in danger following a pointless (to Murderbot’s way of thinking) argument, and the choice is to risk discovery and leap into action, which would require hitting the pause button during a very exciting part of SanctuaryMoon, or to follow orders and stay still. This is a tougher choice than it seems. But then, when has Murderbot ever been faced with an easy choice? A shorter version of this story originally appeared in Wired magazine.

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-faring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. For their own safety, exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids. 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 is 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, Murderbot 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 Murderbot to get to the truth.

Alternate cover of ISBN 9781250186928. Another cover edition can be found here It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot." But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more. Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A” stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue. What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks.

SciFi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah’s SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good.

Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah—its former owner (protector? friend?)—submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit. But who’s going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue? And what will become of it when it’s caught?

This short story is told from the point of view of Dr. Mensah and follows the events in Exit Strategy. Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory was originally given free to readers who pre-ordered Martha’s Murderbot novel, Network Effect.

I’m usually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are. It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no-one can hear. It’s a private joke. Funny. It doesn’t care, it tells itself, and its attachment to the humans around it is merely professional obligation. It tries to never drop the F-bomb. “Friends.” Ugh. So, when its human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action. Drastic action it is, then. Another F-bomb. “Feelings.” Ugh. RUNNING TIME ➜ 13hrs. and 15mins. ©2020 Martha Wells (P)2020 Recorded Books

No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people—who knew?) Yes, the unthinkable is about to happen: Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans! Again!

The million-copy, New York Times bestselling Murderbot series is back in another full-length novel adventure! Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize. But there’s something wrong with Murderbot; it isn’t running within normal operational parameters. ART’s crew and the humans from Preservation are doing everything they can to protect the colonists, but with Barish-Estranza’s SecUnit-heavy persuasion teams, they’re going to have to hope Murderbot figures out what’s wrong with itself, and fast! Yeah, this plan is... not going to work.

OGNI ASPETTO DALLA VITA è dominato dalle grandi corporazioni, missioni interplanetarie comprese: è la compagnia, infatti, che le gestisce, rifornendole di tutto il necessario. "Tutto il necessario" comprende anche gli androidi di sorveglianza, che tutelano l'incolumità delle squadre d'esplorazione. Ma in una società in cui i contratti vengono aggiudicati al miglior offerente, la sicurezza non è esattamente in cima alla lista delle priorità. E così può capitare qualche imprevisto. Per esempio qualcosa di strano succede su un lontano pianeta, dove alcuni scienziati stanno conducendo rilievi sulla superficie, convinti che l'Unità di Sicurezza con componenti organiche fornita dalla compagnia vegli su di loro. Murderbot, però, è riuscita a hackerare il proprio modulo di controllo, e si è accorta di avere accesso ai file multimediali di tutti i canali di intrattenimento. E così preferisce di gran lunga passare il suo tempo tra film, musica, serie tv, libri, giochi, piuttosto che dedicarsi a quegli incarichi noiosi e ripetitivi che non lasciano spazio al suo libero arbitrio. Dotata di una sensibilità tutt'altro che meccanica, Murderbot inizia un avventuroso viaggio alla ricerca di sé che la porterà a scoprirsi assai diversa da quello che i suoi protocolli avrebbero previsto. La raccolta contiene i romanzi brevi: 1\. ALLARME ROSSO 2\. CONDIZIONE ARTIFICIALE 3\. PROTOCOLLO RIBELLE 4\. STRATEGIA DI USCITA

This ebundle All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Network Effect, and Fugitive Telemetry.The Murderbot Diaries, by bestselling author Martha Wells, is an action-packed, cerebral science fiction series about a self-hacking robot searching for the meaning of life.All Systems Red: In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. 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 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.Artificial Condition: It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned the title “Murderbot”, and it wants to know more. Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART, Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue. What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks…Rogue Protocol: The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good.Exit Strategy: Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit. But who’s going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue? And what will become of it when it’s caught?Network Effect: When Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action. Drastic action it is, then.Fugitive Telemetry: When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people—who knew?) Yes, the unthinkable is about to Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans! Again!At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

„Ki ​hinné, hogy ennyi erkölcsi dilemmával jár együtt, ha valaki szívtelen gyilkológép?” Mindenki kedvenc embergyűlölő BiztEgysége nem pihen a babérjain. Szinte üldözik a veszélyes helyzetek, pedig ő csak annyira vágyik, hogy hagyják békén, hadd legyen minél messzebb az emberektől és maradjon minél több szabadideje. Azok a sorozatok nem nézik meg magukat, ugyebár… A Trójai protokollban a SzürKrisz cég elleni per elakadt. A hatóságok csak a sötétben tapogatódznak a túlságosan is hatalmasra nőtt vállalat ügyében, így Öldöklő eldönti: segít a hiányzó bizonyíték megszerzésében még akkor is, ha ezért egy univerzum háta mögötti terraformáló állomásra kell utaznia. A ciklus negyedik történetében, a Kilépési stratégiában Öldöklő megpróbálja rendezni bonyolult kapcsolatát dr. Menszával, ám a független rendszerhez tartozó Megóvás vezetője úgy tűnik, nem elérhető, sőt, valószínűleg egyáltalán nincs biztonságban… BiztEgységünknek vissza kell merészkednie a Céges Perem veszélyes világába, hogy megmentse az egyetlen embert, akit talán a barátjának nevezhet. Martha Wells az összes nagy sci-fi díjat elnyerte már fergeteges humorú, egyben a science fiction legnagyobb kérdéseire választ kereső sorozatával. Ez a kötet, amely a harmadik és negyedik részt egyben tartalmazza, fergeteges lezárást nyújt az Öldöklő-naplók ciklusnak.