Martha Wells is a

New York Times

best-selling author of 23 works of science fiction and fantasy. This story is a prequel to

The Murderbot Diaries

, her Hugo- and Nebula-award-winning novella series.

A short story of Murderbot originating from a Wired magazine “Future of Work” anthology.

(

https://www.wired.com/story/future-of-work-compulsory-martha-wells/

)