Artificial Condition

This was everything you loved about the first Murderbot Diary, but moreso. Murderbot explores the meaning of its newfound freedom, while still speaking with the sardonic wit that is quickly becoming its trademark. Along the way it interacts with other AI, which allows Wells to do some interesting worldbuilding, and provides more human fodder for Murderbot to dunk on.

The dark humour of Murderbot is the sort of thing that wouldn't be for everybody, but in a genre that often takes itself Very Seriously, it feels like a breath of fresh air, and the novella length of the story prevents it from becoming overly grim or the humour stale.