{"title":"Martha Wells","description":"MARTHA WELLS has written many fantasy novels, including The Wizard Hunters, Wheel of the Infinite, the Books of the Raksura series (beginning with The Cloud Roads and ending with The Harbors of the Sun), and the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer, as well as YA fantasy novels,  short stories, and nonfiction. Her New York Times and USA Today-bestselling Murderbot Diaries series has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards","products":[{"product_id":"network-effect-a-murderbot-novel-paperback","title":"Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the 2021 Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first full-length novel in Martha Wells' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling Murderbot Diaries series. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Amazon \u003ci\u003eBest of the Year So Far\u003c\/i\u003e Pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best of 2020 Pick for \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBook Riot \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Polygon \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eI caught myself rereading my favorite parts... and I can't recommend it enough.\u003ci\u003e\" --The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou know that feeling when you're at work, and you've had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? 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