"Neal Asher\'s books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain."-- New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi Humanity, artificial intelligences, and monstrous aliens clash over control of deadly technology in this explosive beginning to Neal Asher\'s newest Polity series.
In a far corner of space, on the very borders between humanity\'s Polity worlds and the kingdom of the vicious crab-like prador, is an immediate threat to all sentient life: an accret. "Neal Asher\'s books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain."-- New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi Humanity, artificial intelligences, and monstrous aliens clash over control of deadly technology in this explosive beginning to Neal Asher\'s newest Polity series