Kim Miller
Murderbot sees a newscast that suggests the mining company that has caused all his problems was involved with another crime on another planet. He heads off to find out. To get there he needs to be a licensed employee so he takes a position as security consultant with a group of disaffected researches who are trying to get their data back.
Once again, things get very murdery, with him and his employers as the target of battlebots and armed drones. And once again we're in a story of 'getting into danger' and thinking, "How is he going to get out of this?" It's a classic (but shorter) adventure story after authors like Robert Ludlum and John Le Carre, or the Mission Impossible movie series where all the odds are stacked against the protagonist.
The endings of #1 and #2 have had a "you can stop here" feel about them, but this one ends with a very definite pointer to the next book in the series.
Murderbot sees a newscast that suggests the mining company that has caused all his problems was involved with another crime on another planet. He heads off to find out. To get there he needs to be a licensed employee so he takes a position as security consultant with a group of disaffected researches who are trying to get their data back.
Once again, things get very murdery, with him and his employers as the target of battlebots and armed drones. And once again we're in a story of 'getting into danger' and thinking, "How is he going to get out of this?" It's a classic (but shorter) adventure story after authors like Robert Ludlum and John Le Carre, or the Mission Impossible movie series where all the odds are stacked against the protagonist.
The endings of #1 and #2 have had a "you can stop here" feel about them, but this one ends with a very definite pointer to the next book in the series.