I freaking love Murderbot. So. Much. I think I will need to own these books. I can see myself re-reading these as a comfort read. Artificial Condition is the second in the series and Rogue Protocol is the third. I read both of them in basically one sitting each. They’re like potato chip reads, but with so much more substance.

In Rogue Protocol, Murderbot finally gets the answers to what really happened and reveals an ugly mess with the information. It accidentally is befriended by a cute little Pet Bot named Miki. In uncovering the data Murderbot again ends up having to protect a whole new group of humans! What is a bot to do when they’re so reckless and there’s something out to kill them all. Murderbot is struggling with what to do with the information that it found on Ravi Hyral. The human who helped rescue Murderbot has come under fire in the wake of its escape. Afterall, no one wants a rogue SecUnit loose in the galaxy. But the information Murderbot found could help get her out of that. Does Murderbot want to risk getting that information to her when it could get discovered and destroyed for doing it?

Do yourself a favor and fall in love with Murderbot too. I love Murderbot’s long suffering struggle with how to interact (as little as bot-ily possible, please!) with the humans around it. These short thrillers are full of heart and such a very relatable struggle to understand who we are and what we want to do with the time given to us.