Platform Decay

Martha Wells

Book 9 of The Murderbot Diaries

Language: English

Published: May 5, 2026

Description:

A most-anticipated title from USA Today, Goodreads, BookPage, BookRiot, Seattle Times, and The Nerd Daily!Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series.

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

After volunteering to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realizes 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—)The Murderbot DiariesAll Systems RedArtificial ConditionRogue ProtocolExit StrategyNetwork EffectFugitive TelemetrySystem CollapsePlatform DecayAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.