Polity Agent (Agent Cormac Series #4)

by Neal Asher

Overview

From 800 years in the future, a runcible gate is opened into the Polity and those coming through it have been sent specially to take the alien 'Maker' back to its home civilization in the Small Magellanic cloud. Once these refugees are safely through, the gate itself is rapidly shut down - because something alien is pursuing them. The gate is then dumped into a nearby sun. From those refugees who get through, agent Cormac learns that the Maker civilization has been destroyed by pernicious virus known as the Jain technology. This, of course, raised questions: why was Dragon, a massive biocontruct of the Makers, really sent to the Polity; why did a Jain node suddenly end up in the hands of someone who could do the most damage with it? Meanwhile an entity called the Legate is distributing pernicious Jain nodes . . . and a renegade attack ship, The King of Hearts, has encountered something very nasty outside the Polity itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781597805162
Publisher:	Night Shade Books
Publication date:	12/10/2013
Series:	Agent Cormac Series , #4
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	396
Sales rank:	316,534
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Neal Asher was born in Billericay, Essex, and divides his time between there and Crete.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Polity Agent

“Another great SF novel and continues the Cormac series in style. . . . Neal Asher has firmly established himself as one of the premier science fiction authors writing today.”— SFF World

“A terrific read with all the distinctive Asher trademarks – great tech, lots of action, big guns and even bigger explosions.”— Worlds In Ink

“Fans will love this novel, and eagerly await the next installment. . . . If you like good hard sci-fi, and you're not familiar with Asher's work yet, you should probably remedy that.”— The Green Man Review

“Asher's prose and writing skill have improved noticeably. Polity Agent is his most effective series entry . . . [but] be warned: here be monsters.”— Trashotron

General Praise for Neal Asher:

“Neal Asher’s books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain.” —New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi

“With mind-blowing complexity, characters, and combat, Asher’s work continues to combine the best of advanced cybertech and military SF.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Asher is a modern master of sci-fi.” —Starburst magazine

“A wide-screen special-effects extravaganza, a space opera featuring gods and monsters . . . Doc Smith and Olaf Stapledon in a blender, turned up to eleven, with the contents splattering across the ceiling.” —Russell Letson, Locus

“Asher has an amazing talent for world-building, for writing larger-than-life characters, for weaving gripping plots and for imagining exotic alien races and wonderful technologies. Huge ships! Big weapons! Space battles! Ground battles! Treason! Revenge! This is New Space Opera at its best.” —Sense of Wonder

“Hardboiled, fast-paced space opera . . . Asher’s books are similar to the world of Iain M. Banks’ Culture universe, but the Polity is arguably a much darker and more vicious environment—and all the better for it.” —The Register

Praise for Polity Agent

“Another great SF novel and continues the Cormac series in style. . . . Neal Asher has firmly established himself as one of the premier science fiction authors writing today.”— SFF World

“A terrific read with all the distinctive Asher trademarks – great tech, lots of action, big guns and even bigger explosions.”— Worlds In Ink

“Fans will love this novel, and eagerly await the next installment. . . . If you like good hard sci-fi, and you're not familiar with Asher's work yet, you should probably remedy that.”— The Green Man Review

“Asher's prose and writing skill have improved noticeably. Polity Agent is his most effective series entry . . . [but] be warned: here be monsters.”— Trashotron

General Praise for Neal Asher:

“Neal Asher’s books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain.” —New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi

“With mind-blowing complexity, characters, and combat, Asher’s work continues to combine the best of advanced cybertech and military SF.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Asher is a modern master of sci-fi.” —Starburst magazine

“A wide-screen special-effects extravaganza, a space opera featuring gods and monsters . . . Doc Smith and Olaf Stapledon in a blender, turned up to eleven, with the contents splattering across the ceiling.” —Russell Letson, Locus

“Asher has an amazing talent for world-building, for writing larger-than-life characters, for weaving gripping plots and for imagining exotic alien races and wonderful technologies. Huge ships! Big weapons! Space battles! Ground battles! Treason! Revenge! This is New Space Opera at its best.” —Sense of Wonder

“Hardboiled, fast-paced space opera . . . Asher’s books are similar to the world of Iain M. Banks’ Culture universe, but the Polity is arguably a much darker and more vicious environment—and all the better for it.” —The Register

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