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Series: The MurderBot Diaries #7
Author: Martha Wells
Publisher: Tor.com
Released: November 14, 2023
Received: ARC

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Book Summary:

Planetary excursions have never been MurderBot’s favorite thing. This is especially true when their favorite humans are running around in danger. Then again, that is when SecUnits like MurderBot are needed the most.

Somehow, MurderBot is smack dab in the middle of a new conflict. One with stranded colonists at risk and another Corporate entity (Barish-Estranza) doing everything possible to claim these abandoned humans for their reasons. Because that always works out so well.

My Review:

Breathe. Just breathe. Okay, I can’t hold it in any longer. Ahhhh! It’s a new MurderBot novel! I had hoped we’d see some sort of follow-up to Network Effect, but I hadn’t dared to hope it would be this soon. And yet, System Collapse is here in my hands.

System Collapse is the seventh novel in The MurderBot Diaries series. It also picks up directly after the events of Network Effect, and I mean that pretty literally. If you want to get technical, humans still haven’t left the system – or even the planet.

This makes for various adventures and messes for MurderBot to deal with. Even better? Some of my favorite characters get more time to shine (Iris, Three, etc.). I’ll admit that I had about a thousand questions about them. Now I have a few less. However, I hope to see them again soon because I’m greedy.

I think the series (and MurderBot) needed System Collapse for various reasons. It gave us closure to the significant events of Network Effect, obviously. But it’s more than that. Here, we see some of MurderBot and ART’s favorite humans working together, and it’s a delight—a dangerous delight, but a delight nonetheless.

Oh, did I mention that System Collapse is a full-length novel? That’s right, there’s even more MurderBot to go around. Please hold your applause until the end.

Highlights:

• Cyberpunk meets Solarpunk
• Rogue Android/SecUnit
• Sarcastic Characters
• Space Adventures

Thanks to Tor.com and #NetGalley for making this book available for review. All opinions expressed are my own.

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