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All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries Series #1)

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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller

You’ll fall in love (or loathe) the snarky, self-aware android. This includes the first two novellas in the iconic book series, which was adapted into a TV show. Murderbot is determined to learn the truth about its past, even if it changes everything in this action-packed space opera.

Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award for Best Novella
Winner of the Alex Award
A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller

Now an Apple Original series from Academy Award nominees Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz and starring Emmy Award winner Alexander Skarsgård.


A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence.

“As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete f...

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