Activation Degradation: A Novel

The Murderbot Diaries makes first contact in this new,
futuristic, standalone novel exploring sentience and artificial intelligence
through the lenses of conflicted robot hero Unit Four, from Marina Lostetter,
critically acclaimed author of Noumenon, Noumenon Infinity, and
Noumenon Ultra.

When Unit Four—a biological soft robot built and stored high
above the Jovian atmosphere—is activated for the first time, it’s in crisis
mode. Aliens are attacking the Helium-3 mine it was created to oversee, and...