Book description
Outlink station Miranda has been destroyed by a nanomycelium, and the
very nature of this sabotage suggests that the alien bioconstruct Dragon
- a creature as untrustworthy as it is gigantic - is somehow involved.
Sent out on a titanic Polity dreadnought, the Occam Razor, agent Cormac
must investigate the disaster. Meanwhile, on the remote planet Masada,
the long-term rebellion can never rise above-ground, as the slave
population is subjugated by orbital laser arrays controlled by the
Theocracy in their cylinder worlds, and by the fact that they cannot
safely leave their labour compounds. For the wilderness of Masada lacks
breathable air ... and out there roam monstrous predators called hooders
and siluroynes, not to mention the weird and terrible gabbleducks.
Born and still living in Essex, Neal Asher started writing SF at the
age of sixteen. Since then he has had numerous stories published in
magazines and book form, including Runcible Tales, Mindgames: Fool's
Mate, The Parasite, The Enginee, Gridlinked and The Skinner.
