Book description
Earth's Zero Asset citizens no longer face extermination from orbit.
Thanks to Alan Saul, the Committee's network of control is a smoking
ruin and its robotic enforcers lie dormant. But power abhors a vacuum
and, scrambling from the wreckage, comes the ruthless Serene Galahad.
She must act while the last vestiges of Committee infrastructure remain
intact - and she has the means to ensure command is hers. On Mars, Var
Delex fights for the survival of Antares Base, while the Argus Space
Station hurls towards the red planet. And she knows whomever, or
whatever, trashed Earth is still aboard. Var must save the base, while
also dealing with the first signs of rebellion. And aboard Argus
Station, Alan Saul's mind has expanded into the local computer network.
In the process, he uncovers the ghastly experiments of the Humanoid Unit
Development, the possibility of eternal life, and a madman who may hold
the keys to interstellar flight. But Earth's agents are closer than Saul
thinks, and the killing will soon begin. Neal Asher was born in
Billericay, Essex, and divides his time between here and Crete. He is
the author of numerous science-fiction novels, including the agent
Cormac series and novels of the Polity. His most recent novels are part
of the Owner series,
The Departure
and Zero Point.
