I suspect that in the future, this book will come before Network Effect in suggested reading order of the Murderbot series, so go ahead and read this one even if you haven’t read Network Effect yet.Īt the beginning of Fugitive Telemetry, Murderbot is reluctantly assisting Station Security with a problem that seems somewhat outside their scope: a murdered human has been dumped in a hallway, and in Preservation, Murderbot’s nigh-utopian new home, that sort of thing just doesn’t happen. I found it nice to be back on Preservation, and I felt like I learned more about Preservation and Murderbot’s interactions there that will make rereading Network Effect rewarding. It’s just as engaging and affirming as the rest of the series has been so far and I remain impressed with Wells’ character-building and worldbuilding.įugitive Telemetry is novella-length, and takes place before the events of the full length novel Network Effect.

Fugitive Telemetry, the sixth Murderbot book in the bestselling science fiction series by Martha Wells, has the beats I love from locked room murder mysteries and procedural crime dramas, and it has the voice and themes I love from the Murderbot series.

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