All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries (The Murderbot Diaries, 1)

Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award for Best Novella
Winner of the Alex Award
A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller

Now an Apple Original series from Academy Award nominees Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz and starring Emmy Award winner Alexander Skarsgård.


A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence.

“As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure.”

In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.

But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern.

On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid—a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is.

But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.

The Murderbot Diaries
All Systems Red
Artificial Condition
Rogue Protocol
Exit Strategy
Network Effect
Fugitive Telemetry
System Collapse

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Published May 2, 2017

160 pages

Average rating: 7.82

446 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

five_star_woman
May 19, 2025
2/10 stars
Not a good read. It has very little character development and lacked substance in general. There was no real climax and the plot was sporadic and rushed. Also the amount of imagery was subpar.
wardbunch
Mar 26, 2025
10/10 stars
Tons of fun. Looking forward to more of this series.
Quasivirtuoso
Mar 24, 2025
10/10 stars
Murderbot!!
Noell
Jan 26, 2025
Not my cup of tea
I know a lot of people have mentioned how funny they find the Murderbot series to be, but I guess it just isn't my style of humor because I really didn't find anything in it funny. Rather, I found most of what I read to be rather dry. Naturally, the main character is intended to have a rather robotic personality, but that didn't assist me in wanting to read further. No doubt this narration style also is why I had little interest in finding out what was going on and what the ending was.
scienceVSmagic
Jan 14, 2025
10/10 stars
This is an awesome, episodic series! We loved the short, snappy narrative, the lack of boring world-building exposition, and of course, we LOVED the awkward, soapy drama- addicted Murderbot! Note: Definitely read the book or listen the to audiobook. The Graphic Audio production (though we generally love them) does not do it justice.

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