Martha Wells Says the Murderbot Diaries May Be Reaching Its Final Chapter
Martha Wells hints that the Murderbot Diaries series may be approaching its end, with the ninth book potentially being the final installment. While the eighth book, Platform Decay, releases in May, Wells says she only has one book currently under contract and is uncertain about continuing beyond it. She notes that Murderbot is in a 'really good place,' making it a fitting moment to conclude the story, though the series' nature resists tidy endings. Wells will continue working on other projects, including the next book in her fantasy series and the expanding Murderbot TV adaptation on Apple TV.
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It’s not often that an author creates a character so unique, compelling, and fan-beloved that it spawns an award-winning, best-selling book series—and a critically acclaimed TV show, to boot. Sci-fi and fantasy writer Martha Wells has achieved that with her Murderbot Diaries. While there’s no doubt temptation to keep following disgruntled security unit Murderbot, who was first introduced in the 2017 novella All Systems Red, on misadventures around the corporation-controlled galaxy, it sounds like Wells has started envisioning a finale for the…
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