Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover...
Who knew being a heartless killing machine would present so many moral dilemmas?
Sci-fi's favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is.
And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good.
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Martha Wells' Rogue Protocol is the third in the Murderbot Diaries series, starring a human-like android who keeps getting sucked back into adventure after adventure, though it just wants to be left alone, away from humanity and small talk.
From Goodreads:
The fourth and final part of the Murderbot Diaries series that began with All Systems Red.
Murderbot wasn't programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right?
Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah—its former owner (protector? friend?)—submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit.
But who's going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue?
And what will become of it when it's caught?
From Goodreads:
This short story is told from the point of view of Dr. Mensah and follows the events in Exit Strategy.
The New York Times bestselling security droid with a heart (though it wouldn't admit it!) is back in Fugitive Telemetry!
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall.
When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people—who knew?)
Yes, the unthinkable is about to happen: Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans!
Again!
A new standalone adventure in the New York Times-bestselling, Hugo and Nebula Award winning series!
From Goodreads:
I'm usually alone in my head, and that's where 90 plus percent of my problems are.
It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no-one can hear. It's a private joke. Funny.
It doesn't care, it tells itself, and its attachment to the humans around it is merely professional obligation.
It tries to never drop the F-bomb.
"Friends."
Ugh.
So, when its human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action.
Drastic action it is, then.
Another F-bomb.
"Feelings."
I'm usually alone in my head, and that's where 90 plus percent of my problems are.
It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no-one can hear. It's a private joke. Funny.
It doesn't care, it tells itself, and its attachment to the humans around it is merely professional obligation.
It tries to never drop the F-bomb.
"Friends."
Ugh.
So, when its human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action.
Drastic action it is, then.
Another F-bomb.
"Feelings."
From Goodreads:
Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells's New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series.
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
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.
Ugh.
My first review of Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory, Fugitive Telemetry, Network Effect, System Collapse
My second review of Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory, Fugitive Telemetry, Network Effect
My Review:Author: Martha Wells
Series: The Murderbot Diaries #2.5, 3, 4, 4.5, 6, 5, 7
First Read: February 3rd, 3rd, 2019, March 4th, 2021, March 4th, 2021, May 5th, 2020, July 2nd, 2023
Second Read: July 10th, 10th, 10th, 11th, 11th, 2023
Read: December 1st,1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 2025
Source: Online, Own, Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Rereading! And they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Books!
Publisher: Tor Books, Tordotcom, Tor.com
Source: Online, Own, Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Rereading! And they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Books!
Publisher: Tor Books, Tordotcom, Tor.com
Published: July 11th 2025, August 7th 2018, October 2nd 2018, May 5th 2020, April 27th 2021, May 5th 2020, November 14th 2023
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy:
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Rogue Protocol:
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| 5/5 Stars |
Exit Strategy:
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Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory:
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| 5/5 Stars |
Fugitive Telemitry:
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| 5/5 Stars |
Network Effect:
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| 5/5 Stars |
System Collapse:
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