Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

Rogue Protocol (Murderbot Diaries, #3)

by Martha Wells

SciFi’s favoUrite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is.

And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good.

Martha Wells' Rogue Protocol is the third in the Murderbot Diaries series, starring a human-like android who keeps getting sucked back into adventure after adventure, though it just wants to be left alone, away from humanity and small talk.

Read Rogue Protocol and find out why Hugo Award winner Ann Leckie wrote 'I love Murderbot!'

Reviewed by shannonmiz on

4 of 5 stars

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Val says Murderbot reminds her of me. Idk if it's a compliment, but I'm going to go ahead and take it as one. Which, is actually a pretty Murderbot-y thing to do come to think of it... Anyway, Murderbot is, as always, highly amusing and entertaining. And just like the second installment, I worried that I would not be able to grow to like new characters in such a short page span. And once again, I was wrong.

First, Murderbot is developing feelings. Like stronger feelings, because they totally already had them, but you know. Basically, Murderbot is now recognizing their feelings, is more accurate.

"They were all annoying and deeply inadequate humans, but I didn't want to kill them. Okay, maybe a little."


And of course, it is full of action. It is also full of feels, as you realize how much people (and bots) can care for each other. I am just so, so happy that there is going to be a full-length Murderbot novel because if the next installment was the last? I'd need to go drown my sorrows in endless episodes of Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon.

Bottom Line: Need. Fourth Murderbot. Immediately.

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