Book: All Systems Red

 Book: All Systems Red

Author: Martha Wells

Pages: 160

This is my 145th read for the year

What Amazon says:

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure".  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.  Ona distant planet, a team of scientists are conductin 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 Muderbot to get to the truth.

This is a great book.  I had watched the TV show first, and this book follows it quite well with very minor changes.  There are equal parts humor and science fiction in this short little novel.  Excellent writing and great character development.  I am anxious to keep going with the series.

Stars: 5