Martha Wells presents 'Platform Decay'

Schedule

Wed May 06 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Third Place Books | Lake Forest Park, WA

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Award-winning author Martha Wells returns to discuss the latest escapades of everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit!
About this Event

Third Place Books is delighted to welcome award-winning author Martha Wells back to our Lake Forest Park store to celebrate , the latest novella in her beloved Murderbot Diaries series. Tickets are required in advance.

What you need to know:

  • All tickets come with a copy of Platform Decay.
  • Martha will sign and/or personalize up to two books per person. Names only; no quotes or phrases, please!
  • Tickets must be purchased through Eventbrite. Pre-ordering the featured book will not grant you access to the event.
  • If you are unable to attend the event, your book will be placed on hold at our Lake Forest Park store. You may request to have your book transferred to our Ravenna or Seward Park neighborhood stores.
  • Please note we cannot guarantee signed copies will be available to ticket holders who do not attend the event.

Copies of Platform Decay and other books by Martha Wells will be available for purchase at the store.

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About Platform Decay. . .

A most-anticipated title from USA Today, Goodreads, BookPage, BookRiot, Seattle Times, and The Nerd Daily!
Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series.
Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good.
After volunteering to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realizes that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn't know.
Including human children. Ugh.
This may well call for... eye contact!
(Emotion check: Oh, for f—)


Martha Wells has written many novels, including the New York Times and USA Today-bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, which has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards, and was adapted into an Apple Original TV series. Other titles include Witch King, City of Bones, 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.



About Third Place Books

Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events.

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Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way Northeast, Lake Forest Park, United States

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