The Murderbot Diaries · Book 10
Platform Decay
- Published
- 5 May 2026
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN-13
- 9781250827012
- Type
- novel
About this book
Platform Decay, published May 2026 at 256 pages, is the eighth numbered novel in The Murderbot Diaries, following System Collapse and the short story Rapport. Martha Wells has confirmed at least one further novel is contracted after it, with no title or date yet announced -- keeping the series ongoing rather than complete.
Its place in The Murderbot Diaries
Platform Decay is book 10 in the The Murderbot Diaries series. It follows Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy. 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 9781250827005
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781250827012
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781705041031