Fugitive Telemetry

A Murderbot Novella

The Murderbot Diaries #6

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The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells began as an award-winning novella in 2017 and has become so much more. Having read all of the previous novellas and the full-length novel, I’ve been eagerly awaiting this novella, Fugitive Telemetry. I can’t get enough of Murderbot and its banter. It always feels so real, so visceral and imperfect. Muderbot is not an anti-hero, but it’s not the typical main character, either, and I love that. It is deeply flawed and blatantly honest in its own thoughts, and has a wry sense of humor that matches my own.

While this book is published after Network Effect, the events take place before that book. We get to see how life on Preservation Station works, and how our favorite rogue SecUnit handles a murder investigation. Ironically, Murderbot is the only one on the station who knows how to conduct that type of investigation. And without the constant surveillance of the Corporation Rim, there are few camera feeds for security to review. Murderbot is worried about an attack by GrayCris, but when this investigation leads in another direction, it has to choose whether or not it wants to continue working with station security, or use its “right to wander off like an asshole” and leave them to figure it out on their own.

Fugitive Telemetry, like all the stories in the Murderbot Diaries, is unique, well-written, and engaging. It brings back characters we know and love, while bringing in new conflicts and mysteries to solve. I hope to see more of Murderbot in the future. Until then, I’ve pre-ordered my copy of the audiobook via Audible so I can listen to the entire series over and over again. The narrator, Kevin R. Free, is fantastic.

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Fugitive Telemetry cover art by: Jaime Jones.

Fugitive Telemetry cover designer: Christine Foltzer.

Advance Reading Copy provided by Tor.com via Netgalley at my request.

Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I preorder the audiobook version for my collection via Audible.

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