Platform Decay by Martha Wells - ISBN: 9781250827005
Hardcover
Murderbot faces humans and children, and the horror of eye contact.

Platform Decay

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  • Hardcover

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    11 May 2026

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Summary

Having volunteered to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realizes that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn’t know.

Including human children. Ugh.

This may well call for… eye contact!

(Emotion check: Oh, for f-)

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781250827005
ISBN-10:1250827000
Author:Martha Wells
Publisher:Tor Publishing Group
Imprint:Tor Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:11 May 2026
Weight:318g
Dimensions:32mm x 211mm x 139mm
Series:Murderbot Diaries
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Praise for The Murderbot Diaries“I love Murderbot!” ―Ann Leckie

“The most heartwarming action-packed literally explosive space opera I’ve enjoyed in a long time. Martha Wells is the best writer of loveable snarky gender-subversive killing machines out there!” ―N. K. Jemisin

“We are all a little bit Murderbot.” ―NPR

“I might have a little bit of a thing for a robot. Its name is Murderbot... Network Effect [is] great.” ―Wired

“If you need something light, a little violent and laugh-out-loud hilarious, dive into this series: You may find that you have more in common with Murderbot than you think.” –Liz Braswell, The Wall Street Journal

“I can think of no better company than this paranoid android.” ―The New Scientist“Readers won’t miss the wall-to-wall action that defined the series from its beginning. The characters and the world building remain engrossing and rewarding.” –Booklist, starred review

“Murderbot, with its on-point observations and addictive interior monologues, is easily one of my favorite characters in SF… Highly recommended.” ―Charles de Lint for Fantasy & Science Fiction

“I could read about Murderbot all week.” ―Locus

About The Author

Martha Wells

Martha Wells is the author of the New York Times and USA Today-bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, which has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards. The series was adapted into an Apple Original TV series.

Her other works include:

  • Witch King
  • City of Bones
  • The Wizard Hunters
  • Wheel of the Infinite
  • The Books of the Raksura series (beginning with The Cloud Roads and ending with The Harbors of the Sun)
  • The Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer

Wells has also written young adult fantasy novels, short stories, and nonfiction.

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