Platform Decay

, #8

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English language

Published May 5, 2026 by Tor Books.

(1 review)

Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series.

Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good.

Having volunteered to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realises 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—)

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reviewed Platform Decay by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)

Want more Murderbot (also Three & Perihelion)

Murderbot gets stuck shepherding its humans across hostile territory. Best or worst time to have installed a mental health module?

Didn’t find this as enjoyable as previous books in the series. I liked Three being back, and the story was fine and as well written as always, but it just didn’t work for me. In Platform Decay, Murderbot doesn’t quite seem to be my beloved SecUnit any more.

Blah, blah, character development, yes, but I read these stories primarily because I find Murderbot so relatable. Well, as much as a human can find a fictional SecUnit relatable. Looking forward to the next instalment in hopes that my beloved either feels like itself again, or I can have Perihelion as a substitute fixation. Preferably with some Three also, as a treat.