



Its tone is casual and humorous it is lazy and would rather spend its time watching Sanctuary Moon. Murderbot narrates the novel in the first-person past tense. Its most treasured feature is that it is free to watch endless hours of media, particularly a drama series called Sanctuary Moon. Now, it can choose which information packets to download. On a previous mission, however, a software malfunction made Murderbot kill a crew of 57 miners, which is why it gave itself the name “Murderbot.” Afterward, Murderbot hacked its control module so it would not be subject to such malfunctions. Robots or constructs, as they are called, are usually under the control of a governor, a software system that limits their functionality based on their role. The narrator is the protagonist, Murderbot, a Security Unit (SecUnit) that is part human clone and part robot. All Systems Red is set in the far future in Corporation Rim, an interplanetary system that is controlled by an all-powerful company.
