A science fiction series featuring a security robot who has hacked its own governor module, secretly named itself Murderbot, and would rather watch entertainment feeds than interact with humans. The novellas and novels follow Murderbot's reluctant protection of various clients while navigating complicated feelings about humans, autonomy, and whether connection is worth vulnerability, all rendered with anxiety-representation precision and dark humor.
A security robot who has hacked its own governor module and secretly named itself Murderbot would rather watch TV serials than interact with the human survey team it is contracted to protect but when the mission starts going dangerously wrong, Murderbot must confront both external threats and its own complicated feelings about humans. A brief, funny, emotionally precise novella about anxiety, autonomy, and whether connection is worth its cost. A Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award winner.