Martha Wells continues the story of the most depressed 'robot' in the SF since Marvin the Paranoid Android in the novella 'Artificial Condition'. Since the first volume of the Murderbot Diaries ('All Systems Red') won the 2018 Hugo and 2018 Nebula awards for best novella, this sequel has big boots to fill. 'All System's Red' ended with our titular Murderbot rejecting the offer of 'FREEDOM' from her grateful clients, instead seeking to discover the truth behind its perception that it might have indulged in practices not conducive to client confidence during its contract just prior to the one which is the subject of 'All Systems Red'. A contract which had resulted in some rather dead clients.
And I thought it carried the tale on in very successful style.
Our Murderbot's unfortunate tendency to pick up and protect lost sheep almost causes disaster as it proceeds with its investigations. It is very fortunate that it has some convenient AI assistance, and can draw on the experience that it has deduced about the behaviour of those pesky humans from the 'entertainment' media to which it is addicted.
The story though is incomplete, and ends with the lead in to the next installment ' Rogue Protocol'
And I thought it carried the tale on in very successful style.
Our Murderbot's unfortunate tendency to pick up and protect lost sheep almost causes disaster as it proceeds with its investigations. It is very fortunate that it has some convenient AI assistance, and can draw on the experience that it has deduced about the behaviour of those pesky humans from the 'entertainment' media to which it is addicted.
The story though is incomplete, and ends with the lead in to the next installment ' Rogue Protocol'