Summary

A 2026 Hugo Award Finalist for Best Novelette!

Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover…

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Review

This is a super quick,  fun read focusing on Art (Perihelion) shortly after it meets Murderbot. It was so fun to jump into the world again and learn more about how Art has evolved as a character throughout the series. 

The narrator, the most magnificent Kevin R. Free, does a very good job bringing each character to life and adding depth and emotion. The sound effects were very well done and incredibly well integrated. Most of the time I find dramatized audiobooks to be jarring but this was so immersive. There were several times I thought the sound effects were happening around my house and wrongly assumed my dogs were getting into mischief.

This review is based on an e-ARC generously provided by the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review.