A murderous android discovers itself inAll Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence."As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."In a corporate-dominated space-faring future, planetary missions must be approved & supplied bythe Company. For their own safety, exploratory teams are accompanied byCompany-supplied securityandroids. 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 is conducting surface tests, shadowed by theirCompany-supplied ‘droid--a self-awareSecUnitthat has hacked its own governor module and refers to itself (though never out loud) as“Murderbot.”Scornful of humans,Murderbotwants 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 &Murderbotto get to the truth.MARTHA WELLShas written many fantasy novels, includingThe Wizard Hunters,Wheel of the Infinite, theBooks of the Raksuraseries (beginning withThe Cloud Roads& ending withThe Harbors of the Sun), &the Nebula-nominatedThe Death of the Necromancer, as well as YA fantasy novels, short stories, & nonfiction. HerNew York Times &USA Today-bestsellingMurderbot Diariesseries has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, & Alex Awards.