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I think Kindle very high-handedly recorded that I'd finished this without giving me an opportunity to review. Also, it chose the wrong date.

This book picks up almost right where Network Effect leaves off, with Murderbot and its humans dealing with a colony of previously-abandoned settlers who will end up conscript labor if nobody steps in. That the colonists themselves don't seem to believe there's danger makes this a bigger coil. And then our guys learn that there's another group of humans out there...

Murderbot is also dealing with a traumatic incident that is at first only referred to as redacted in its record, and I thought I knew what the problem was (view spoiler)[the death of Murderbot 2.0 (hide spoiler)] but I was wrong. Since my happiness didn't hinge on being right, I was satisfied with the plot twist when Murderbot finally addressed it. That twist combined with the conflict between two other human groups (view spoiler)[or three, once the Barish-Estranza group started eating itself (hide spoiler)] made for a tense, exciting story.

I love the character interactions throughout, particularly between Murderbot and ART and ART-drone (ART's secondary persona, separated because of technical issues you could say were plot manipulation if you are a heartless monster). This may be the first time Murderbot has had to rely on humans for anything related to its job, due to redacted, and it's handled really well, without the humans turning into plucky sidekicks.

The ending line is great in how it promises a new set of adventures, something I look forward to--hopefully in the not-too-distant future.