All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries

In a future ruled by corporate contracts and cut-rate safety standards, exploration comes at a price—and survival isn’t guaranteed. Every research team sent to the farthest reaches of space is assigned a Company security unit to keep them alive.

This one calls itself Murderbot.

It’s a self-aware android who’s hacked its own governor module, severing the leash that bound it to obedience. Cynical, antisocial, and far too human for its own liking, Murderbot would rather spend its days watching serialized dramas than dealing with people. But when a neighboring mission goes silent, it’s forced to confront both a deadly mystery and the unsettling question of what it means to be free.

Tense, darkly funny, and surprisingly moving, All Systems Red is a story of consciousness, corporate greed, and one reluctant android’s search for identity in a universe that never asked it to exist.

Winner of the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella