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 Fourāa biological soft robot built and stored high above the Jovian atmosphereāis activated for the first time, itās in crisis mode. Aliens are attacking the Helium-3 mine it was created to oversee, and now its sole purpose is to defend Earthās largest energy resource from the invaders in ship-to-ship combat.
But somethingās wrong. Unit Four doesnāt feel quite right.
There are files in its databanks it canāt 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. Thatās all it knows.
According to its handler, thatās 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 itās 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....