β Scribed by Marina J. Lostetter
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The Murderbot Diaries makes first contact in this new, futuristic, standalone novel exploring sentience and artificial intelligence through the lenses of conflicted robot hero Unit Four, from Marina Lostetter, critically acclaimed author of Noumenon, Noumenon Infinity, and Noumenon Ultra.
When Unit Fourβa biological soft robot built and stored high above the Jovian atmosphereβis activated for the first time, itβs in crisis mode. Aliens are attacking the Helium-3 mine it was created to oversee, and now its sole purpose is to defend Earthβs largest energy resource from the invaders in ship-to-ship combat.
But somethingβs wrong. Unit Four doesnβt feel quite right.
There are files in its databanks it canβt account for, unusual chemical combinations roaring through its pipes, and the primers it possesses on the aliens are suspiciously sparse. The robot is under orders to seek and destroy. Thatβs all it knows. According to its handler, thatβs all it needs to know.
Determined to fulfill its directives, Unit Four launches its ship and goes on the attack, but it has no idea itβs about to get caught in a downward spiral of misinformation, reprograming, and interstellar conflict. Most robots are simple tools. Unit Four is well on its way to becoming something more....
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