Dark Intelligence is the first book in a high-octane SF trilogy set in Asher's popular Polity universe.
Neal Asher was born in Billericay, Essex, and divides his time between here and Crete. His previous full-length novels are Gridlinked, The Skinner, The Line of Polity, Cowl, Brass Man, The Voyage of the Sable Keech, Polity Agent, Hilldiggers, Prador Moon, Line War, Shadow of the Scorpion, Orbus and The Technician. His Owner Series novels are The Departure, Zero Point and Jupiter War.
Asher rocks with XXX adrenaline while delivering a vivid future
*David Brin*
Beautifully paced ... does just as well as at slam-bang action
scenes as at painting frightening pictures ... This is space opera
at a high peak of craftsmanship
*Publishers Weekly, starred review*
What Asher delivers here is state-of-the-art SF on so many levels
... a compelling, smart read
*Locus*
One of his best works so far ... Asher is a modern master of
Sci-Fi
*Starburst magazine*
Blends large portions of horror and mystery into an SF tale of
revenge and redemption ... a complex and satisfying work
*Library Journal, starred review*
Hardboiled, fast-paced space opera epic ... 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
*TheRegister.co.uk*
An exciting, intricate, and unabashedly futuristic story rife with
twists and turns ... Asher returns to his popular far-future
series, Polity Universe, with another fast-paced space opera filled
with his trademark technological marvels and elaborate world
building
*Booklist*
As you all should know, Neal Asher is one of Britain's leading
science fiction authors, best known for his Polity universe series.
Dark Intelligence has everything science fiction needs, and much,
much more
*TheBookPlank.co.uk*
Perpetually on the knife's edge, and this constant tension works
wonders for creating a page-turning atmosphere. It's a damningly
gripping and infecting book
*Upcoming4.me*
A superb novel and 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*
Dark Intelligence is an imaginative, epic space opera that manages
to present a dark future universe full of vibrant spaceships,
people, creatures and intelligence. Highly enjoyable and highly
addictive
*SFBook.com*
Delivering plenty of full-tilt adventure and widescreen action,
this is top-notch stuff from an author well and truly at the top of
his game
*SFX on the Polity novel Shadow of the Scorpion*
Skillfully combines graphic action and sensitive characterization
and is Asher's most accomplished novel to date
*Guardian on Polity novel The Shadow of the Scorpion*
Big weapons, big monsters, and human disasters on an increasingly
cosmic scale . . . A great novel
*Interzone on the Polity novel Polity Agent*
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