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Where All Systems Red sits
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- Book 1 of The Murderbot Diaries. See all The Murderbot Diaries books in order
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- None. This is where the series starts.
- The book after
- Artificial Condition
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- Last checked: September 24, 2026, against us.macmillan.com
What All Systems Red is about
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- In a future run by corporations, the Company has to sign off on and equip every mission to another planet. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company
- Teams that explore are sent out with security androids from the Company, and one of those androids is finding out what it is. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids ... A murderous android discovers itself
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Genres
Topics
- Androids
- Artificial intelligence
- Human-computer interaction
- Interplanetary voyages
- Life on other planets
- Robots
Reading ages
- Adult
Other books in The Murderbot Diaries
8 books listed so far
- Book 2: Artificial Condition
- Book 3: Rogue Protocol
- Book 4: Exit Strategy
- Book 5: Network Effect
- Book 6: Fugitive Telemetry
- Book 7: System Collapse
- Book 8: Platform Decay
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