The Murderbot Diaries · Book 2
Artificial Condition
- Published
- 8 May 2018
- Pages
- 163
- ISBN-13
- 9781501977831
- Type
- novella
About this book
Artificial Condition, the second novella, appeared in May 2018 at 163 pages, arriving almost exactly a year after All Systems Red. Like the rest of the early novellas, it's a tight, fast read carried by Murderbot's dry sarcasm and deep discomfort with human attachment, meant to be read close together with its companion books.
Its place in The Murderbot Diaries
Artificial Condition is book 2 in the The Murderbot Diaries series. It follows All Systems Red. It is followed by Rogue Protocol. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781250186928
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781501977831
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9786191934096