Martha Wells
Book 2 in The Murderbot Diaries
Murderbot stows away on a transport ship in route to RaviHyral, where it hopes to find more information about a mass murder (which it apparently participated in but doesn't remember because of a memory reset). The transport turns out to be sentient and helpful, although Murderbot names it ART (Asshole Research Transport) to give you an idea of their working relationship. While in route, it takes a contract (as a way to get system access) with some scientists looking to retrieve some intellectual property. It gets some information about the event, and protects his scientist employers (although neither is obvious, of course).
I love the sarcasm, and the obvious coming-of-age of the sentient construct. And the ART-Murderbot relationship adds yet another dimension.
4 stars (out of 4)
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