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- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 7
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Summary
The million-copy, New York Times bestselling Murderbot series is back in another full-length novel adventure!
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back.
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there's an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can't have the planet, they're sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize.
But there's something wrong with Murderbot; it isn't running within normal operational parameters. ART's crew and the humans from Preservation are doing everything they can to protect the colonists, but with Barish-Estranza's SecUnit-heavy persuasion teams, they're going to have to hope Murderbot figures out what's wrong with itself, and fast!
Yeah, this plan is... not going to work.
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- L'Bags
- 06-12-23
Just Brilliant
Eagerly awaited next chapter did not disappoint. Murderbot manages to be exciting, thoughtful and funny all at once. Kevin R Free is a wonderful narrator
Highly recommended
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- Mr
- 16-11-23
A fun story, not as much punch as the others
This is a great series, a fun take on future AI and what that means. If you are a fan this is another great installment, but read the others first.
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- James Shinton
- 05-12-23
Incredible writing and great narration
Martha Wells deserves all the acclaim she’s received for the Murderbot Diaries. Hands down one of my favourite series of science fiction ever, a modern classic. It’s such an unusual yet relatable character, an outsider looking in whose caustic wit never fails to amuse. The narration is spot on too. Personally, I prefer the original narration to any dramatised version.
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- A. Rea
- 20-11-23
Loved it
I read all the books in this series and loved every one of them and this long awaited 8th book is best so far. I hope the Murderbot Series goes on and on. Kevin R Free narrates the series perfectly
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- Anonymous User
- 23-11-23
I loved it....
Wow, just like the others I loved this installment. what a unique concept MurderBot is.. Martha Wells maintains the quality and pace of the writing and Kevin Free's narration brings it to life. I may just have to start the series again.
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- YellowGlasses
- 28-11-23
a fantastic addition to the series's
funny, optimistic in the most depressed way, I can't wait for the next one!
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- Northie
- 05-02-24
Absolutely back on form
After the slightly meh feeling of Fugitive Telemetry, this story is back on form and then some. This instalment follows directly on from Network Effect, so much so that if you're kinda fuzzy on how that one ended, you'll need to recap.
Murderbot is under the weather. Hardly surprising really when you consider what happened in Network Effect. And that leads to doubts and worries - which isn't good for a security consultant construct. It doesn't help that they're all still dealing with the same planet, alien remnants and all.
It has more humans to look after. To have feelings and emotions about. I love how Martha Wells makes us think about ties and loyalty and accepting that others care under the guise of Murderbot's self-explorations. Don't worry - there's still plenty of the snark and cynicism which makes it such a perfect character.
By now, Kevin R Free is Murderbot. He inhabits the part, knowing when to add pauses, hesitations, and everything else that elevates the text into a performance.
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- Andrew
- 18-11-23
Murdbot is back!
Comfortable return of one of my favourite characters. Hopefully many more books in the future.
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- bookeater_anon
- 05-02-24
Another excellent story, some sound issues
The narration and story continue to be excellent in this series, but there were a few editing/production issues in this one (chapter seven notably). Nothing detrimental but unusual enough to note considering the rest of this series had no such hiccups. Not enough to spoil the experience though!
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- Sarah
- 24-11-23
Thoroughly enjoyable!
Martha Wells has carried on developing her characters and we loved another slice of life with Murder Bot. Great character interactions
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