It's a complex plot, essentially a whodunnit in space.Īs Murderbot figures things out and fights its way towards a course of action, it summarises its findings as any good bot should, so us mere humans can follow it. Perihelion, an ART (Articulated Research Transport) has been taken over by hostile aliens who have the crew of an exploration and reclamation company's ship hostage. The two are tractor-beamed onto a much-changed version of SecUnit's bot-pilot friend, Perihelion.Unbelievably, the source of the assault.įull of irony, Network Effect's plot centres around a viral infection but not the one that's currently effecting Earth. If you had to take care of humans, it was better to take care of small soft ones who were nice to you and thought you were great because you kept preventing them from being murdered. SecUnit is still a force to be reckoned with.Ĭontracted to Dr Mensah, the head of Preservation University, Murderbot is kidnapped (Bot-napped?) during an attack on the university's research vessel and separated from all but one of its humans. Its a 'former' killing machine – a military grade SecUnit that has disabled its governor module. Happy Halloween: Stephen King’s Fairy Tale is pretty Grimm.The slow burn of The Slow Roll by Simon Lendrum.Needles and Plastic : Flying Nun Records, 1981-1988: WORD Christchurch – Wednesday 16 November from 5.30pm.Vinyl, Art and Community : Needles and Plastic Book Launch – WORD Christchurch.In Her Blood: Nikki Crutchley’s new masterpiece.The Pain Tourist – Paul Cleave’s masterpiece.Jan Medlicott Prize for Fiction finalist: The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey.

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