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Author(s):

Martha Wells

Copyright:

First Published:

2026

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

13 chapters

Internal ID:

45144

Series:

System Collapse

Murderbot*

#8 of 8

Murderbot*

A science fiction series of novellas and novels by Martha Wells about a non-human security unit.

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All Systems Red
2)

Artificial Condition
3)

Rogue Protocol
4)

Exit Strategy
5)

Network Effect
6)

Fugitive Telemetry
7)

System Collapse
8) Platform Decay

Dedication:

To
Irene Gallo,
for all your support on this long trip
through unfamiliar territory.

First Sentence:

Space was okay to look at but not super fun when you were out in it.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Then it got us the #### out of there.

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Added: 08-May-2026

Last Updated: 12-Aug-2026

05-May-2026

Recorded Books

Audiobook

Date Issued:

05-May-2026

Format:

Audiobook

Cover Price:

$16.44

Length:

5 hrs 45 min (243 pages)

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

144291

Publisher:

Recorded Books

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Kevin R Free - Narration

Back Cover Text:

From audible.com:

A most-anticipated title from USA Today, Goodreads, BookPage, BookRiot, Seattle Times, and The Nerd Daily!

Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series.

Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good.

After volunteering to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realizes that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn't know.

Including human children. Ugh.

This may well call for … eye contact!

(Emotion check: Oh, for f—)

“This spectacular journey, punctuated with satisfying combat scenes, takes on an epic flavor grounded by Murderbot’s sardonic voice and Wells' exploration of mental health and physical well-being. Equal parts action packed, humorous, and heartfelt, this proves the series shows no signs of slowing down.”—Publishers Weekly

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Author(s)

Martha Wells

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I try to maintain page numbers for audiobooks even though obviously there aren't any. I do this to keep track of pages read and I try to use the Kindle version page numbers for this.
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When listing chapters, I only list chapters relevant to the story. I will usually leave off Author Notes, Indices, Acknowledgements, etc unless they are relevant to the story or the book is non-fiction.
Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.

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