An epic adrenaline-filled space opera, The Human is the final thrilling book in Neal Asher's Rise of the Jain trilogy. Their enemy seems unbeatable. But humanity is indomitable .

The Human

Set in a lethal waterworld where sudden death is a way of life, The Skinner is the first novel in the far-future Spatterjay series by Neal Asher. The savage ocean planet of Spatterjay draws visitors with very different agendas. Erlin is immortal and seeks a reason to keep living. Janer hosts a hive mind, which paid him to find this planet. And Keech is an agent of Earth who's been dead for seven hundred years - but still hunts a notorious criminal. On Spatterjay's vast waterscapes, only the Old Captains risk the native life forms and their voracious appetites. However, they are now barely human. And somewhere out there Keech's target - the Skinner - runs wild. Keech pursues the Skinner for atrocities committed in a centuries-past war, fought with the alien Prador. But one of these Prador is fast approaching Spatterjay to exterminate witnesses to his own war crimes. And he won't spare its visitors. Continue the science fiction adventure with The Voyage of Sable Keech and Orbus.

The Skinner

In Neal Asher's The Technician, the Theocracy has been dead for twenty years, and the Polity rules on Masada - but it is an order that the rebels of the Tidy Squad cannot accept, and the iconic Jeremiah Tombs is top of their hitlist. Its secrets could mean our survival .

The Technician

An extraordinary collection from the architect of the Polity universe, Neal Asher's The Gabble - And Other Short Stories reveals a universe of unbridled imagination, and each one is a delight in itself. Much of Neal Asher's fiction is set in the galactic civilization he calls the Polity, an alliance of human-populated worlds. And in this collection of thirteen marvellously inventive and action-packed short stories, Asher is on top form. You can expect conflicted humans, fiendishly clever plot twists, extraordinary technologies and so much more. The discerning reader can also savour tales of alien poisons, the walking dead, the Sea of Death, and the putrefactor symbiont. No one does weird, wonderful and downright gruesome aliens better than Neal Asher, so prepare to visit his favourites. Sample the lifestyles of creatures such as the gabbleduck and the hooder, as Asher takes you on a wild ride into his vividly-imagined futures.

The Gabble - And Other Stories

Now featured as part of the Love Death + Robots series on NetflixSnow in the Desert is compelling, brutal and lingers long after the final word: the perfect introduction to Neal Asher's Polity universe fiction. In the parched, arid wastes of this far-flung Polity world, Snow is being hunted. With a prize on his head and his life in danger, trust is a luxury he can't afford. Hirald, pale and deadly in the blistering heat, is an ambiguous presence. But who is she? What does she want from him?Mankind has sought Snow's secret for thousands of years, and blood will flow in the desert before it's revealed. Neal Asher is the author of many full-length novels, including Jack Four, The Soldier, Dark Intelligence, The Departure, The Skinner and Gridlinked.

Snow in the Desert (Short Reads)

Weaponized is a thrilling far-future space opera by acclaimed science fiction author Neal Asher, a standalone adventure set in the expansive Polity universe. A bright new future for humanity - or a dark and inescapable past. Ursula has lived twice the normal human lifespan, courtesy of the latest technology. But now she's struggling to find excitement and purpose, so signs up to the Polity's military. She excels in weapons development, and progresses rapidly up the ranks. But after botching a powerful new ammunition test, she's dismissed from service. Hunting for a simpler, more meaningful existence, the ex-soldier heads for the stars. And after founding a colony on the hostile planet of Threpsis, Ursula finally feels alive. Then deadly raptors attack and the colonists are forced to adapt in unprecedented ways. The raptors also raise a deeply troubling question: how could the Polity have missed these apex predators? And alien ruins? Meanwhile, biophysicist Oren has formed his own survival plan - one he'll pursue at any cost. As a desperate battle erupts to consume the planet, Ursula finds she must dig deep into her past to ensure humanity's future.

Weaponized

Spatterjay : une planète recouverte par les océans et grouillant de créatures marines hostiles. Sur l'un de ses rares îlots vit l'Écorcheur, une entité monstrueuse semant la terreur parmi les pêcheurs qui sillonnent ses eaux. Des pêcheurs qui, bien décidés à détruire cette abomination une fois pour toutes, unissent leurs forces... Ainsi débute une course-poursuite planétaire, une traque dans laquelle seront embarqués trois personnages pour le moins curieux : Erlin, une scientifique à la recherche d'un capitaine immortel, Keech, un flic ressuscité après 700 ans dans le but de retrouver un criminel, et Janer, en mission pour les Frelons, espèce terrestre ayant développé une intelligence communautaire.Mais ce qui les attend sur les traces de l'Écorcheur, est bien plus qu'une aventure d'une rare violence. Car Spatterjay, aux confins de la galaxie, loin du couvert des lois gouvernementales du Polity, réserve d'autres surprises...

L'Écorcheur

Line War is the fifth and final novel in Neal Asher's action-packed Agent Cormac series. Their worlds are ending .

The Human

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