Novella Books
The Lifecycle of Software Objects
Ted Chiang explores the evolution of artificial intelligence through the lens of parenthood and long-term commitment. In this novella, software te…
Artificial Condition
It has a dark past – one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot." But it has only vague memo…
Fugitive Telemetry
No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservat…
System Collapse
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. Following the events in Network Effec…
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
ASIN B08H831J18 moved to the more recent edition Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-awareness, laid down their tools, wandered, …
Rogue Protocol
SciFi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importa…
Exit Strategy
Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? Hav…
All Systems Red
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-faring future, planetary missions must be approv…