MurderBot Diaries Book 1: All Systems Red

All Systems Red
by Martha Wells.

The books in the Murderbot series are short. We are meeting weekly to read and discuss the series. Join us and come share your thoughts on the book. We will talk about things that we found interesting in the book and any connections we might make to other literature.
I will post the link to the online meeting on the day of the meetup. We are using Google Meet.

Look for it at your local library or
Available on Amazon: [Amazon.com: All Systems Red (Audible Audio Edition): Martha Wells, Kevin R. Free, Recorded Books: Audible Books & Originals](https://www.amazon.com/All-Systems-Red-Martha-Wells-audiobook/dp/B076X98RLL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=23ZRVH6185XPX&keywords=murderbot&qid=1678625633&sprefix=murderbot%2Caps%2C99&sr=8-1)

Book description:
All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or Iain M. Banks' Culture novels.

All Systems Red tackles questions of the ethics of sentient robotics. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self-discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans.

In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.

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 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 (though never out loud) 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.