Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel (The Murderbot Diaries, 5)

A 2021 Nebula Award Winner!

A 2021 Hugo Award Finalist!

A 2021 Locus Award Finalist!

The first full-length novel in Martha Wells New York Times and USA Today bestselling Murderbot Diaries series.

An Amazons Best of the Year So Far Pick

Named a Best of 2020 Pick for NPR Book Riot Polygon

I caught myself rereading my favorite parts... and I cant recommend it enough. -- New York Times

You know that feeling when youre at work, and youve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And youre a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, youre Murderbot.

Come for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable A.I. youll read this century.

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Im usually alone in my head, and thats where 90 plus percent of my problems are.

When Murderbots human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action.

Drastic action it is, then.