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The fallout installment — a New York Times bestseller about what comes after survival. System Collapse, the seventh Murderbot Diaries adventure, finds everyone’s favorite lethal SecUnit helping a human colony resist a hostile corporate takeover by the ruthless Barish-Estranza corporation — while barely holding itself together.
Still grappling with trauma and its own complicated feelings about the humans it has reluctantly come to care about, Murderbot must decide how far it will go for the Preservation Alliance. The external battle — corporate mercenaries, besieged colonists — mirrors an internal one, as Wells writes one of science fiction’s most honest portrayals of anxiety and recovery inside a package of dry wit and pulse-pounding action.
With ART, Mensah, and the crew alongside, System Collapse is as emotionally resonant as it is entertaining. Read the earlier books first; this one pays off years of character growth in ways that hit harder for knowing the journey.
Martha Wells’s System Collapse is the seventh title in the immensely popular and highly praised Murderbot Diaries series—and everyone’s favorite lethal SecUnit is back.
Murderbot finds itself helping a human colony resist a hostile corporate takeover. After a corporate rescue, the Preservation Alliance faces the ruthless Barish-Estranza corporation, and Murderbot—still grappling with trauma and its own complicated feelings about humans—must decide how far it will go to protect the people it has reluctantly come to care about.
With its trademark dry wit, heart, and pulse-pounding action, System Collapse delivers another thrilling adventure alongside ART, Mensah, and the crew. As Murderbot confronts both external enemies and its own mental health, Wells crafts a story that is as emotionally resonant as it is entertaining.
A New York Times bestseller, System Collapse is absolutely essential reading for Murderbot fans and a perfect entry point for anyone who loves smart, funny, deeply human science fiction.
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