Science fiction · Adventure · Fantasy
Network Effect
The first full-length Murderbot novel. The security android, known for avoiding humans and binge-watching shows, is dragged into an ambush with a familiar spaceship intelligence and a team of people it has grown to care about.
- First published
- 2018
- Pace
- Fast
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 352
- Format
- Book 5 of 8 in The Murderbot Diaries
Read this if you've enjoyed the novellas and want a longer, more action-heavy Murderbot adventure.
Skip this if you haven't read the novellas, since the characters and history are assumed.
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