That’s all the premise of the first novella. It calls itself Murderbot painfully, privately, and ironically and uses most of its free will to ignore people and secretly watch soap operas.
It was originally created to be a Security Unit rented out by a pretty shady corporation, but went rogue by hacking its own Governor Module in order to have some free will. In a far future where ruthless corporations rule much of the space, Murderbot is an AI with a humanoid body composed of both organic and machine parts, including, as you may suspect, a lot of weapons. In addition to being a really fun novel in its own right, it’s also an engaging look at how Murderbot can now have a new, solid place in its universe. While the first four novellas cohere into a sort of coming-of-age/origin story for the main character, Network Effect can be read as the first ongoing adventure after that arc is complete.
The novel is a great addition to the series, giving readers exactly more of what we love from the Murderbot books: a beloved and sarcastic unreliable narrator, intricate world-building and plot, lots of stuff getting blown up, and surprisingly frequent moments of warm friendship and empathy.
Network Effect is the fifth and as-yet longest installment in the adventures of Murderbot by Martha Wells, introduced in the multiple award-winning novella All Systems Red in 2017.
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