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Editorial Reviews Review Praise for Fugitive Telemetry A Locus Award Finalist! “ Martha Wells' newest entry in her award-winning, nerd-charming, trope-bending Murderbot series, Fugitive Telemetry , is a lot of things that you probably don't expect. It is an unadorned whodunit. A cozy mystery garlanded with plasma cannons and spaceships... One of Wells' superpowers has long been her ability to pack an epic's worth of material into a very small package.” ―NPR “ Wells... creates a main character who is addictive... Murderbot continues to bring intelligence and acerbic commentary on humanity to the forefront.” ― Library Journal “ Murderbot’s wry observations of human behavior are as humorous as ever and the mystery is thoroughly satisfying. This is another winning series installment.” ― Publishers Weekly Praise for System Collapse A Finalist for the Locus Award! An Indie Next Pick! A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Pick! A Finalist for the Goodreads Choice Award! Praise for The Murderbot Diaries “The most heartwarming action-packed literally explosive space opera I've enjoyed in a long time. Martha Wells is the best writer of loveable snarky gender-subversive killing machines out there!” ― N. K. Jemisin “We are all a little bit Murderbot.”― NPR “If you need something light, a little violent and laugh-out-loud hilarious, dive into this series: You may find that you have more in common with Murderbot than you think.” ―Liz Braswell, The Wall Street Journal “Readers won't miss the wall-to-wall action that defined the series from its beginning. The characters and the world building remain engrossing and rewarding.” ― Booklist , starred review “I might have a little bit of a thing for a robot. Its name is Murderbot... Network Effect [is] great.” ― Wired “ I can think of no better company than this paranoid android.” ― The New Scientist “ Murderbot, with its on-point observations and addictive interior monologues, is easily one of my favorite characters in SF... Highly recommended.” ― Charles de Lint for Fantasy & Science Fiction “ I could read about Murderbot all week .” ― Locus About the Author MARTHA WELLS has written many novels, including the New York Times and USA Today- bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, which has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards, and was adapted into an Apple Original TV series. Other titles include Witch King , City of Bones, The Wizard Hunters, Wheel of the Infinite , the Books of the Raksura series (beginning with The Cloud Roads and ending with The Harbors of the Sun), and the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer , as well as YA fantasy novels, short stories, and nonfiction.
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Is The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 3 appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A snarky security android solves mysteries while dealing with social anxiety. Contains action sequences with plasma weapons and violence, but focuses on character development and witty observation of human behavior.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include violence and anxiety.
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Who'll love this
Readers who love sarcastic robot protagonists and action-packed space mysteries will be hooked by Murderbot's hilarious internal monologues.