"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.
On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting 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 Murderbot to get to the truth.
Staff Choice: Lília
Murderbot is a SecUnit with a heart, who is always doing their best to save their humans. Always witty, the series is a breath of fresh air and, at the same time, also very comforting. The series begins with All Systems Red.
Staff Choice: Sophie
Murderbot is, well, just that: a robot-human entity, made from machine parts and fleshy bits to either provide armored security or be soldiers for hire, and meant to be controlled by the corporation that owns them through a governor module. Which Murderbot has hacked, because their job is boring and they'd rather be watching convoluted intergalactic soap operas instead. In private. Alas, no such luck, of course, and Murderbot keeps having to save stupid humans who get into dumb-ass, life-threatening scrapes. Their dry, unimpressed tone is a lot of fun, the action scenes are intense, and despite all their resistance Murderbot can't help but discover not all humans are as dumb as at first presumed, and that they are not as immune to feelings (ew, gross) as they had hoped.
