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The Murderbot Diaries, Book 7

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By: Martha Wells
Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
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About this listen

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.

©2023 Martha Wells (P)2023 Recorded Books Adventure Science Fiction Fiction
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If you've loved the previous Murderbot stories, you'll love this one too. Murderbot deals with trauma, squabbles with ART, and continues to try and keep its humans safe in-between freaking out and watching The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon. Kevin R. Free nails the narration as always.

Murderbot forever

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I truly hope there are more Murderbot stories brewing in the creative brain of Martha Wells.
The continuing adventures Murderbot is becoming an addiction and I have re-listened to them all, several times and this is a great addition to the series.
Is there going to be a compiled edition published with everything in chronological order? It gets a bit confusing sometimes, remembering which one comes after the previous one.
4 stars all round.

Murderbot, despite himself, strikes again!

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Great narration of a good story. Murderbot still has it's characteristic snark, but is expanding its list of humans it likes.

An excellent addition to Murderbots story

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great continuation of the series, love murderbot's rapport with the new humans. the narration is spot on as usual

the only negative is that I've finished it already

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Great narration, great story, great world building, great everything. The world needs more Murderbot. This series has got me through some stressful times.

Love it so much

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Narration is as always, excellent. The story was great, marked by walking back some of the cool like MB can do (temporarily), which made it an interesting and at times nail-biting listen.

More murderbot!

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Performance was excellent. Story was good but this was not the best in the series. I usually don’t read past book four in a series because in other series, I have found that the quality drops but this series is holding up nicely. Would recommend this series to someone who is tired of never ending space marines.

Still good

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Murderbot continues to save the day, and elicit belly laughs along the way. Love it. Will there be more???

Murderbot rocks

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This was another great novel with Murderbot, ART & their humans. I really hope Martha Wells continues to write more in this series in the future. I'll never get tired of listening to their space adventures. Kevin R Free narrating is great like always. I 100% recommend!

Another great adventure!

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What I disliked? That it ended. 😭 Legit heartbroken that I’ve finished this series, it is so flipping good! Murderbot is a kindred spirit and I’ve been enraptured with every story in this series. I only wish there were more. Martha Wells is now a new favourite author, I also heavily suspect she may be part of the neurodivergent club like me because Murderbot legit is so relatable it’s bonkers. Only other neurodivergents can be that insightful.

Brilliant and emotional

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