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.
Key facts about Platform Decay
Platform Decay is a novel by Martha Wells. Readers have had it since 5 May 2026. It runs to 256 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of Platform Decay. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781250827012 to find the main one.
Platform Decay is book 10 of 10 in The Murderbot Diaries series. The series has 10 published books. However, the series starts with All Systems Red (2017). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.
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. It is also the latest published Martha Wells book on file.
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
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