Russell's ebook Library
All Systems Red
Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries [1]: A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence.As a heartless killing machine, I was a com...
Artificial Condition
Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries [2]: It has a dark past — one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more. Teaming ...
Compulsory
Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries [0.50]: While trying to watch episode 44 of The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon, Murderbot is — again, what is it with humans? — distracted by something that is technically outside its purview. A miner is suddenly in danger followin...
The Death of the Necromancer
Martha Wells
Ile-Rien [2]: Nicholas Valiarde is a passionate, embittered nobleman with an enigmatic past. Consumed by thoughts of vengeance, he is consoled only by thoughts of the beautiful, dangerous Madeline. He is also the greatest thief in all of Ile-Rien...O...
The Element of Fire
Martha Wells
Ile-Rien [1]: The kingdom of Ile-Rien is in peril, menaced by magical threats and court intrigue. As the weak King Roland, misled by treacherous companions, rules the country, only his ruthless mother, the Dowager Queen Ravenna, truly guards the safe...
Exit Strategy
Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries [4]: Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right?Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressio...
Fugitive Telemetry
Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries [6]: No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall. When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who th...
Network Effect
Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries [5]: You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and bi...
Rogue Protocol
Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries [3]: Who knew being a heartless killing machine would present so many moral dilemmas? Sci-fi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importa...
System Collapse
Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries [7]: Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Following the events in Network Effect , the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if ther...
