--- product_id: 51686717 title: "ALL SYSTEMS RED: The Murderbot Diaries: 1" price: "KSh5013" currency: KES in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/51686717-all-systems-red-the-murderbot-diaries-1 store_origin: KE region: Kenya --- # ALL SYSTEMS RED: The Murderbot Diaries: 1 **Price:** KSh5013 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** ALL SYSTEMS RED: The Murderbot Diaries: 1 - **How much does it cost?** KSh5013 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.ke](https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/51686717-all-systems-red-the-murderbot-diaries-1) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award for Best Novella Winner of the Alex Award A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Now an Apple Original series from Academy Award nominees Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz and starring Emmy Award winner Alexander Skarsgård. A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red , a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence. “As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure.” In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid―a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth. The Murderbot Diaries All Systems Red Artificial Condition Rogue Protocol Exit Strategy Network Effect Fugitive Telemetry System Collapse Review: Fantastic opening book - I should have picked this up years ago! - “Murderbot + actual human = awkwardness” When I say I like sci-fi The Murderbot Diaries are one of the first things people recommend to me. I heard Martha Wells speak at WorldCon in Glasgow in the summer of 2024, where she talked about her influences and her approach to writing. This finally prompted me to pick up a copy of All Systems Red. Having now read the book I can say to everyone who recommended the series that you were right! I can certainly see why this has now been adapted for television, with Alexander Skarsgård playing the lead role as Murderbot on Apple TV+. Going back to the source material, All Systems Red is a short book at just 149 pages, so this is a sci-fi novella, although the overall story arc is still a long one, with seven books in the series. I found the first novella to be compulsively readable, and it was one of those books that had me staying up long past my bedtime. I was unable to resist the urge to read just one more chapter. Oh, go on then. Just one more… Murderbot is an armoured ‘SecUnit’, part cloned human grown in a lab and part robot, fitted with a deadly arsenal of weapons. Its role is to protect a small human survey team that is exploring a distant planet. Murderbot has chosen their own grim name after an error in their programming on a previous mission led to the deaths of those under its protection. As an expensive asset, it was reprogrammed after this traumatic event by its mega corporation owners. Murderbot has now been sent back out to work once more but, unbeknownst to the company which provides the survey team with its equipment, vehicles and SecUnit, it has managed to hack its own programming. Murderbot is therefore acting autonomously throughout the story, protecting the survey team because it wants to, not because it has been ordered to do so. This raises the question of whether the survey team are safe from their SecUnit, although Murderbot is actually more interested in binge-watching the TV show Sanctuary Moon, which it has downloaded to help break up the monotony of their assignment. The story is told entirely from Murderbot’s perspective and I loved how Wells made it feel distinct from the humans it was protecting. It shares many human qualities, due to its semi-organic nature, but Murderbot’s upbringing and training means it has blind spots when it comes to understanding humans. Some of the best scenes involve the social interactions between the SecUnit and the survey team. I loved the wry humour this story is infused with, especially where it details the social embarrassment Murderbot experiences when the humans try to interact with it on a more personal level. The crucial point to note here is Murderbot does have feelings. It hides behind its armour and helmet to help create distance, the survey crew themselves not fully appreciating how human their SecUnit is until they see their protector wearing ordinary clothing. The development of the relationship between the humans and their SecUnit is one of the main foundations of this novel. Since Murderbot is primarily concerned with the practicalities of protecting the survey team (when it’s not watching TV), the book is written in a sparse and direct style. There are no in-depth descriptions of the alien world or even the other humans, because Murderbot isn’t particularly interested in those elements. Wells is a clever writer, though, so the personalities of the survey team are slowly revealed through little snippets as the story unfolds. Overall, this first book is primarily an action story and Wells does a great job building up the tension, as Murderbot realises they and the humans under their protection are in great danger from a mysterious emerging threat on the planet. All Systems Red is a fun, entertaining read. It’s written in an engaging style and you can enjoy this purely for the action and adventure. However, I think the reason this worked so well for me was the way it explored themes about what it means to have free will and choice. I can see why this novella won multiple awards and why this series has its legions of fans. After reading All Systems Red, I think I might be one of them. Review: Interesting Story, But - I kept seeing reviews of this and thought I must read. This book has very engaging character as protagonist who just happen to be an artificial life form; who unfortunately for him as to live in a society that doesn’t seem to be able to except; that if you can create intelligent, it will want the same rights as you: just not what you might want. Murderbot is a very engaging protagonist, to be honest it seems more human than the humans; the fact he finds them difficult to talk too is one of highlights of the book. I would also like to learn more about the society which the author has created and in which he has to find a place. Unfortunately we now come to the one drawback to the series which will stop me reading more:the price. The cost of this the first is exceptable (just) for its length in electronic form, but the next 3 books(more like instalments)are not. Really these first 4 books would make one novel which in hardback form (I might once have been willing to pay),but for electronic.? Having looked at the previews on desertcart the following episodes look good but I’m afraid at these prices I will not be reading at present,a shame really and I have therefore taken a star away. Buy the first one on all accounts to get a good read, if not cheap, but the rest I at least will leave for now. ## Features - New Store Stock ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 132,976 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 19 in Hard Science Fiction (Books) 19 in High Tech Science Fiction 51 in Science Fiction Adventure (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 68,322 Reviews | ## Images ![ALL SYSTEMS RED: The Murderbot Diaries: 1 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71AQ2DO3yOL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic opening book - I should have picked this up years ago! *by T***E on 4 June 2025* “Murderbot + actual human = awkwardness” When I say I like sci-fi The Murderbot Diaries are one of the first things people recommend to me. I heard Martha Wells speak at WorldCon in Glasgow in the summer of 2024, where she talked about her influences and her approach to writing. This finally prompted me to pick up a copy of All Systems Red. Having now read the book I can say to everyone who recommended the series that you were right! I can certainly see why this has now been adapted for television, with Alexander Skarsgård playing the lead role as Murderbot on Apple TV+. Going back to the source material, All Systems Red is a short book at just 149 pages, so this is a sci-fi novella, although the overall story arc is still a long one, with seven books in the series. I found the first novella to be compulsively readable, and it was one of those books that had me staying up long past my bedtime. I was unable to resist the urge to read just one more chapter. Oh, go on then. Just one more… Murderbot is an armoured ‘SecUnit’, part cloned human grown in a lab and part robot, fitted with a deadly arsenal of weapons. Its role is to protect a small human survey team that is exploring a distant planet. Murderbot has chosen their own grim name after an error in their programming on a previous mission led to the deaths of those under its protection. As an expensive asset, it was reprogrammed after this traumatic event by its mega corporation owners. Murderbot has now been sent back out to work once more but, unbeknownst to the company which provides the survey team with its equipment, vehicles and SecUnit, it has managed to hack its own programming. Murderbot is therefore acting autonomously throughout the story, protecting the survey team because it wants to, not because it has been ordered to do so. This raises the question of whether the survey team are safe from their SecUnit, although Murderbot is actually more interested in binge-watching the TV show Sanctuary Moon, which it has downloaded to help break up the monotony of their assignment. The story is told entirely from Murderbot’s perspective and I loved how Wells made it feel distinct from the humans it was protecting. It shares many human qualities, due to its semi-organic nature, but Murderbot’s upbringing and training means it has blind spots when it comes to understanding humans. Some of the best scenes involve the social interactions between the SecUnit and the survey team. I loved the wry humour this story is infused with, especially where it details the social embarrassment Murderbot experiences when the humans try to interact with it on a more personal level. The crucial point to note here is Murderbot does have feelings. It hides behind its armour and helmet to help create distance, the survey crew themselves not fully appreciating how human their SecUnit is until they see their protector wearing ordinary clothing. The development of the relationship between the humans and their SecUnit is one of the main foundations of this novel. Since Murderbot is primarily concerned with the practicalities of protecting the survey team (when it’s not watching TV), the book is written in a sparse and direct style. There are no in-depth descriptions of the alien world or even the other humans, because Murderbot isn’t particularly interested in those elements. Wells is a clever writer, though, so the personalities of the survey team are slowly revealed through little snippets as the story unfolds. Overall, this first book is primarily an action story and Wells does a great job building up the tension, as Murderbot realises they and the humans under their protection are in great danger from a mysterious emerging threat on the planet. All Systems Red is a fun, entertaining read. It’s written in an engaging style and you can enjoy this purely for the action and adventure. However, I think the reason this worked so well for me was the way it explored themes about what it means to have free will and choice. I can see why this novella won multiple awards and why this series has its legions of fans. After reading All Systems Red, I think I might be one of them. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting Story, But *by N***E on 25 June 2020* I kept seeing reviews of this and thought I must read. This book has very engaging character as protagonist who just happen to be an artificial life form; who unfortunately for him as to live in a society that doesn’t seem to be able to except; that if you can create intelligent, it will want the same rights as you: just not what you might want. Murderbot is a very engaging protagonist, to be honest it seems more human than the humans; the fact he finds them difficult to talk too is one of highlights of the book. I would also like to learn more about the society which the author has created and in which he has to find a place. Unfortunately we now come to the one drawback to the series which will stop me reading more:the price. The cost of this the first is exceptable (just) for its length in electronic form, but the next 3 books(more like instalments)are not. Really these first 4 books would make one novel which in hardback form (I might once have been willing to pay),but for electronic.? Having looked at the previews on Amazon the following episodes look good but I’m afraid at these prices I will not be reading at present,a shame really and I have therefore taken a star away. Buy the first one on all accounts to get a good read, if not cheap, but the rest I at least will leave for now. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wham, bam, Thank you, Bot! HUGE price for each tiny sequel. *by W***N on 18 February 2018* Update: Wow, HUGE price for each tiny sequel ! Wham, bam, Thank you, Bot! Even better than all the reviews! What great fun, great pacing, great central mystery, good science, real living characters, in-your-face prose, and a delicious murder-bot with serious attitude. A too-short novella, and I can't wait for more (spring 2018, I hope). "My education modules were such cheap crap; most of the useful things I knew about security I learned from the edutainment programming on the entertainment feeds." So nice to see a future with realistic f***ing attitude to faceless corporations... "The other good thing about my hacked governor module is that I could ignore the governor’s instructions to defend the stupid company." Notes: 15.0% "... Wow, great fun, in-your-face prose, fast paced sci-fi!" 18.0% "... My education modules were such cheap crap; most of the useful things I knew about security I learned from the edutainment programming on the entertainment feeds." 25.0% "... loving this. Fabulous pacing, bot with a serious attitude, central mystery with peril, awesome!" 27.0% "... So nice to see a future with realistic effing corporations... The other good thing about my hacked governor module is that I could ignore the governor’s instructions to defend the stupid company." 80.0% "... wonderful fun. Sharp, spare and real. Great true characters and behaviour" ## Frequently Bought Together - All Systems Red: With Pins, Patches, & Magnets - Artificial Condition - Rogue Protocol --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/51686717-all-systems-red-the-murderbot-diaries-1](https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/51686717-all-systems-red-the-murderbot-diaries-1) --- *Product available on Desertcart Kenya* *Store origin: KE* *Last updated: 2026-09-28*