Agreed, ART is a huge shot in the arm for that series.

I enjoyed it, it was worth it.

It also felt like a complete rehash of Exit Strategy. It may not have been exactly beat-for-beat but it really felt like it at times.

I’m a little concerned that “Murderbot’s humans get kidnapped again, oh boy it’s extraction time” is going to end up as the “Bowser kidnaps Peach” justification for new episodes of the TV series, which will inform the plot of the books.

I enjoyed this one, as I’ve enjoyed all the Murderbot stories.

I did feel a bit let down by the dangling thread of the other rogue SecUnit. It showed up, ran off, and then we never saw it again. I guess it was just setting the stage for future stories; the hack is uncontained and any SecUnit could realistically have it in the future.