Platform Decay
Murderbot Diaries Book 8
ISBN 9781250827029
eISBN 9781250827012
ASIN B0FMSC5S4W
Wow, another great offering in an excellent series. I am still so thankful I gave this series a try, it was highly recommended from an author I love. I read this volume and the other 4 shorter works on the same day.
The earlier stories in this series were novellas then a full length novel and 7 and 8 are novels. All of the stories in this series are excellent reads. I am glad that there is a that an ninth volume that has been announced , but alas no release yet.
The description of this instalment is:
“Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series.
Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good.
Having volunteered to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realises that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn't know.
Including human children. Ugh.
This may well call for... eye contact!
(Emotion check: Oh, for f—)”
About the author we are informed:
“MARTHA WELLS has written many novels, including the New York Times and USA Today-bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, which has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards, and was adapted into an Apple Original TV series. Other titles include Witch King, City of Bones, The Wizard Hunters, Wheel of the Infinite, the Books of the Raksura series (beginning with The Cloud Roads and ending with The Harbors of the Sun), and the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer, as well as YA fantasy novels, short stories, and nonfiction.”
There are now 12 stories that I am aware of in the Murderbot universe. * novels and 4 short stories. I believe all the short stories were published in collections or magazines and then as individual eBooks. With each story I read I am enjoying the world building more. The characters are fantastically written. And the plots amazing. This one has a couple of different subplots.
Murderbot is again on a mission to rescue members of his new community. They have been isolated on a torus-shaped space station, a ring habitat. Unfortunately this one is spilt into many different zones. And each operates almost independently. Some are easier to navigate and some are much more dangerous. And not only is Murderbot trying to save those he has been charged with retrieving, he is also forced to take some extras for extraction as well. Some are independent and some are owned and operated by Corporate entities. Barish-Estranza is once again after them. Can Murderbot save the day yet again? To find out, read this excellent novel.
The corporate dystopia portrayed in these novels is well done. And Well’s rehumanizing Murderbot as he spends more and more time with the same humans is fascinating to read. This is a great read I can easily recommend. For fans of the series or those just looking to give it a try. I am certain they will be hooked. An excellent offering in a great series!
Books by Martha Wells:
The Murderbot Diaries:
0.1 Obsolescence
0.5 Compulsory
1.0 All Systems Red
3.0 Rogue Protocol
4.0 Exit Strategy
5.0 Network Effect
7.0 System Collapse
8.0 Platform Decay
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