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Fugitive Telemetry

Fugitive Telemetry

NovellaMysteryScience Fiction
Pages
176
Published
2021
Language
English

Synopsis

A body with no identification and a broken feed interface turns up in a Preservation Station corridor. Station Security, led by Senior Officer Indah, is officially in charge of finding out who killed him — but Dr. Mensah worries the death may be connected to the hostile corporation GrayCris, and persuades a reluctant Indah to let Murderbot help.

Murderbot's own investigation is not exactly welcome; Indah does not trust a SecUnit anywhere near an open case. But digging into the victim's identity uncovers something Station Security wasn't looking for: a smuggling operation moving people through Preservation's territory, and cracks in the station's own security systems that someone worked hard to hide.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

TenseAdventurousThought-ProvokingGritty
Reluctant HeroQuest

Genres

Mystery Science Fiction Space Opera

About the author

M
Martha Wells

Martha Wells (born September 1, 1964, in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy. She graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.A. in anthropology in 1986. Her first novel, The Element of Fire (1993), opened the Ile-Rien sequence; she has since written the Books of the Raksura, the Emilie young-adult novels, tie-in fiction for Star Wars and Stargate, and the standalone fantasy Witch King. She is best known for The Murderbot Diaries, beginning with the novella A...

Characters

MurderbotProtagonist
Dr. MensahSupporting

Preservation Council member and Murderbot's legal guardian; advocates to let Murderbot assist Station Security's murder investigation.

IndahSupporting

Senior Officer of Preservation Station Security, leads the murder investigation and is initially distrustful of working with Murderbot.

All characters in Fugitive Telemetry

Frequently asked questions

  • Where does this book fit in the series timeline?

    Although published after Network Effect, this story takes place chronologically between Exit Strategy and Network Effect.

  • Can I read this book as a standalone?

    While the plot is self-contained and functions as a mystery, the narrative assumes familiarity with the established relationships and character growth developed in the preceding books of the series.

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