Confessions of a Trash Droid: The Complete First Series in One

Confessions of a Trash Droid – A Darkly Funny Sci-Fi Comedy About a Rogue Robot

By: Michael Cheney

Narrated by: Lukas Arnold

A sci fi adventure thriller for adults who love robot fiction

They built him to take out their trash. Turns out they're next.

Tedd is a trash droid with an "anomaly" — he can think for himself. Management wants him smelted, and his runaway mouth isn't helping.

He could disappear quietly. He could play it safe. He could, for once in his miserable existence, do the sensible thing.

But he doesn't. He never does.

If you love Douglas Adams, John Scalzi, or Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries, you'll devour this.

Confessions of a Trash Droid: Awarded Amazon #1 Bestseller for Humorous Sci-Fi. 64,427 copies sold and counting.

©2026 Michael Cheney (P)2026 Michael Cheney

Decent story line; moderate narration

I was able to listen to the entire series. The authors methods to describe scenes and characters painted a pretty good picture for me, so my imagination wasn't over stressed. The series had good continuity from beginning to end.
The Narrator has a good range of character voices, maintaining continuity throughout.
I didn't particularly care for the frequent hollering and whining of the characters, very evident in the last three books. The narrator’s voice and tone actually became annoying at times when accentuating excited character yells or rants. At many points in books six and seven, I found my visualization turning from movie to cartoon-like scenes.
I feel the author has promise, but not sure I’d listen to another combination of Cheney/Arnold audio books.

Great beginning but gradually lost interest

I enjoyed the first book enough to get the full set when I saw it offered on discount, However, I found myself becoming less and less interested in the story and characters as the series went on.
The narrator is not at all bad -- but he's no Jeff Hays...

I wanted to like it

The opening scene gave such promise. It just seems to fizzle out. I made it 3 hours.

Middling

Not very good, not very bad. Weak world building, confusing plot with little progress at all in the first book. Narrator was decent but not very compelling. Gave up shortly into the second book.

Pretty good series

There’s a lot of running, shooting and witty banter. I like witty banter a lot. Shooting is good too.