🤖💙 NEW MURDERBOT CONTENT ALERT 💙🤖
okay kay okay OKAY so if you haven't heard yet, Martha Wells blessed us with MORE Murderbot Diaries content and I am LOSING MY MIND
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy just dropped and it's EVERYTHING
First of all, this novelette is a 2026 Hugo Award Finalist (because of COURSE it is, Martha Wells doesn't miss) and it's giving us exactly what we need: Murderbot, ART, the Perihelion crew, and ALL the feelings about connection and what it means to care about people (even when you're a rogue SecUnit who insists you don't have feelings)
What's it about?
Perihelion and its crew are on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station that's in the middle of a hostile takeover. You KNOW that's going to go sideways in the best possible way. Corporate shenanigans? Check. High stakes? Check. Our favorite anxious murder robot and its best friend/platonic soulmate ship AI navigating danger together? CHECK CHECK CHECK.
Why you need to read this RIGHT NOW:
The title alone tells you what you're in for - this is about the BONDS between Murderbot and ART, about friendship and solidarity and empathy and all those messy, complicated, beautiful connections that make this series hit so hard. Wells has been increasingly explicit about viewing MB and ART's relationship as a kind of platonic romance and honestly? chef's kiss
We love to see deep, meaningful relationships that don't fit into traditional boxes. We love AIs who care about each other. We love found family in space. We love everything about this.
Bottom line:
If you love Murderbot, if you love ART, if you love stories about connection and friendship and what it means to be a person (regardless of what you're made of), you NEED this.
It's bite-sized Murderbot perfection. It's Hugo-nominated for a reason. It's going to make you FEEL THINGS.
Go read it. Then come scream with me about it.