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 Fourâa biological soft robot built and stored high above the Jovian atmosphereâis activated for the first time, itâs in crisis mode. Aliens are attacking the Helium-3 mine it was created to oversee, and now its sole purpose is to defend Earthâs largest energy resource from the invaders in ship-to-ship combat.
But somethingâs wrong. Unit Four doesnât feel quite right.
There are files in its databanks it canât 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. Thatâs all it knows.
According to its handler, thatâs 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 itâs 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....
