<p><b>The follow-up to the hugely popular science fiction action-adventure <i>All Systems Red</i></b></p><p><i>Artificial Condition</i> continues The Murderbot Diaries a science fiction series that tackles questions of the ethics of sentient robotics. It appeals to fans of <i>Westworld</i> <i>Ex Machina</i> Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series or Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self-discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans. 'As a heartless killing machine I was a complete failure.'</p><p>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 memories of the massacre that spawned that title and it wants to know more.</p><p>Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don't want to know what the 'A' stands for) Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue.</p><p>What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks.</p>
