From the Robokat Diaries 5 - Clash of Minds

He longs for peace and soap operas, but the universe has other plans for him... It was supposed to be just a routine science mission, but then, as usual, things went a bit wrong. Robokat and the group of scientists he is tasked with protecting are abducted by someone into an unexplored sector of space. Equipped with lethal weapons, hacker skills and only seemingly boundless patience with human whims, the security force is about to encounter alien technology and an old friend - a research ship run by an artificial intelligence called ART. When these two engage in a conversation, it's like watching a duel between bickering superbrains, who may be bonded by their friendship, but they certainly don't spare any snide remarks about each other. And as if it wasn't enough that Robokat has another group of fragile and willful clients on his hands, he also has to babysit the teenage daughter of his closest friend, Dr Mensah. That would make one homicidal! The fifth volume is the first full-length novel in the Robokat series with a more complex plot and even more room for the humorous inner monologues of the title character. It's no wonder that in 2021 it picked up all the most prestigious genre awards - the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards. "A perfectly composed space opera that allows Robokat to continue his personal growth." - Locus Magazine "Wonderful! This is exactly what a modern science fiction novel that can be read in one breath should look like. Unlike the previous four short books, which, admittedly, were also readable, but they were more like fragments, this is a full-blown space adventure." - from reader feedback on Databazeknih.cz "If the first volumes in the Robokat series are likened to episodes of a four-part television miniseries , Clash of Minds would then be a feature film with a bigger budget and a wider scope, but no less entertaining." - NPR (National Public Radio) "Robokat is one of the most human characters in contemporary science fiction, despite (or because of), that they're trying to avoid humanity at all costs. Clash of Minds proves that the more space Martha Wells gives her hero, the more layers we find within him." - The New York Times To a certain extent, I believed Arad. She and Overs were among the people who were not about to leave one security unit to its sad and terrible fate; this was probably the question I was most interested in. I just considered them my clients, just like Mensah, Ratthi, Pin-Lee, Bharadwaj, Volescu (who longed for retirement and left research; earned praise from me as the most sensible person on the team) and of course Gurathina. Clients and nothing more. So that meant that if anyone tried to hurt them, I would gut them alive. - excerpt from the book