Human-like robotic units and augmented humans, multi-level spaceports, shuttles, tubes and large transports. However, it is not anything that most science fiction books or even movies have not shown before. The worldbuilding remains a tad vague throughout the books so far. Yes, the giant transport bot is going to help the construct SecUnit pretend to be human. But to get onto the mining planet, without being detected given her standard SecUnit specifications, she needed to be more ‘human’.

With this, Ms Murderbot got herself an accomplice on her mission, whom she nicknamed ART (No, I am not going to reveal what that stands for – just read it!). The interaction between the Murderbot and the transport AI made up some of the most amusing moments I’ve ever read. On the final transport to her desired destination, she found an artificial intelligence onboard that is more than her match, and also just a bit too curious. I don’t know about other readers, but this cracks me up so much! In the course of attempting to hitch a ride there without being caught, she managed to bribe her way through by offering the transport bots her treasure trove of media, books, serials, and music downloads. Our sardonic SecUnit decided to return to the mining planet where a prior incident culminated in her self-christening as Murderbot, with the intention to investigate the real cause of the said incident.

I received an advanced reading copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.Īn awesome sequel to All Systems Red, Artificial Condition pumps up the fun and action.īefore I continue, I maintain that our genderless robotic main protagonist sounded female in my mind and hence, I will refer to it as she.

The artificial condition