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The Murderbot Diaries · Book 1

All Systems Red

by Martha Wells
Published
2 May 2017
Pages
158
ISBN-13
9781501977824
Type
novella
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Cover of All Systems Red

About this book

All Systems Red opened The Murderbot Diaries in May 2017, a 158-page novella by Martha Wells that began the sequence continued the following year by Artificial Condition.

Key facts about All Systems Red

Martha Wells wrote All Systems Red, a novella on our list. It has been out since 2 May 2017. The book has 158 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novella. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781501977824 to find the main one.

All Systems Red is book 1 of 10 in The Murderbot Diaries series. The series has 10 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Platform Decay is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 5 May 2026.

Additionally, Martha Wells writes The Books of Ile-Rien, The Books of the Raksura and The Rising World as separate series. Those series sit on our fantasy and science fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Platform Decay is the latest published Martha Wells book on file, from 5 May 2026.

About Martha Wells

Martha Wells is an American science fiction and fantasy author whose Murderbot Diaries has become one of the genre's most acclaimed recent series, following a self-hacked security android -- who privately calls itself Murderbot -- as it tries to watch its favorite soap operas in peace while reluctantly getting drawn into protecting the humans it's contracted to guard. See every Martha Wells book in order.

Its place in The Murderbot Diaries

All Systems Red is book 1 in the The Murderbot Diaries series. It is followed by Artificial Condition. See the full The Murderbot Diaries reading order.

A self-aware security android has hacked its own governor module so it can no longer be forced to follow orders — and it uses that freedom mostly to hide in its allotted crate and watch downloaded soap operas, because dealing with the humans it's supposed to protect is exhausting. It calls itself Murderbot. When a corporate survey mission it's guarding goes wrong, Murderbot's competence, dry sarcasm and deep discomfort with human attachment drag it into a string of conspiracies it would much rather avoid — while…

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