Jennifer Jackson – Literary Agent

Murderbot: Season One (by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz (Apple TV+)) is a finalist for The Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation!

Platform Decay by Martha Wells

“Murderbot volunteered for this rescue mission because it’s certain that they have the best odds of accomplishing this poorly planned operation. They’re not wrong, but they underestimate how long and stressful the trip will be and how fast and often it’s going to go wrong. The plan to rescue members of Dr. Mensah’s family from the evil Barish-Estranza corporation goes immediately off the rails, while Murderbot’s supposed assistant goes rogue, and the journey turns into a long walk through grim places by a ragtag group of refugees keeping it together because they are together. It’s Murderbot’s internal journey that conducts this story from peril to peril, as their paranoia increases and they realize that it’s good to receive help and support from others. It’s fascinating to watch Murderbot grow as a sentient being without any desire to be human, and it’s always terrific to watch them save the day yet again.

VERDICT Murderbot’s legion of fans will be thrilled by Wells’s latest series installment, and readers who love a good, snarky internal monologue will be glad to know that Murderbot is back in fine fettle after their self-doubt in the previous book, System Collapse.” — Library Journal, Starred Review

Platform Decay by Martha Wells

“The newest Murderbot novel (after System Collapse, 2023) has our titular (not really an anti) hero aided by Three, the newest rogue SecUnit, on a stealth mission in a planetary ring habitat to retrieve members of Mensah’s family, who’ve been kidnapped by the Barish Estranza Corporation in retaliation for her role on the plague planet. Along the way, an unexpected ally complicates the mission, and somehow the corporate mercs seem to know they’re coming. The plot starts off in the middle of the action and doesn’t let up until the very end. It’s an incredibly satisfying ride, and one of the funniest installments in the series: After their false memory issues, Murderbot installed an “emotion check” subroutine and it’s a perfect vehicle for the sarcastic, cynical humor readers crave. Perhaps most intriguing is a small side plot that teases a change with potentially huge implications. Wells returns to form with this one, offering a setting and cast that feels smaller and more intimate, more like her earlier novellas. At the same time, she sets up exciting possibilities for where this universe could go next. The family dynamic adds real poignancy, providing one of the most emotionally resonant Murderbot tales yet. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The success of the Apple TV series only adds to Murderbot’s popularity, and readers have patiently waited several years for the next installment in the series.” — Booklist, Starred Review

Platform Decay by Martha Wells is included on the USA Today’s list of the Most Anticipated Books of 2026!

The Washington Post names Murderbot as one of the top 10 TV shows of 2025!

“It’s fun when slight little shows — especially comedies — overperform by improving on a silly premise. In Apple TV’s goofy space dystopia, “Murderbot,” Alexander Skarsgard plays a crabby, semi-obsolete “SecUnit” (or “private security construct” — sort of a computer with human tissue) that started the series by quietly rebelling against its overlords. Specifically, it hacked its “governor module” to watch a bunch of movies and TV, and it must now hide its newfound sentience (and fandom) from the incompetent humans it’s forced to protect. The series was one of the year’s weirder and more successful television experiments. Created by Weitz brothers Paul and Chris (who also made “American Pie” and “About a Boy”) the show, an adaptation of the first book of Martha Wells’s “The Murderbot Diaries,” makes extraordinary — and original, and very funny — use of Skarsgard’s almost inhumanly handsome and distant screen presence.” — Washington Post