But when the Polity finally encounters alien life in the form of massive, hostile, crab-like carnivores known as the Prador, there can be only one outcome - total warfare! Starships clash, planets fall, and space stations are overrun, but for Jebel Krong and Moria Salem, two unlikely heroes trapped at the center of the action, this war is far more than a mere clash of cultures, far more than technology versus brute force. The Polity is the name for the science fiction universe created by British author Neal Asher, and the Earth-based United Nations in space, The Polity. Academic and insightful, its dominion stretches from Earth Central into the unfathomable reaches of the galactic void. The Polity Collective is the pinnacle of space-faring civilization. But when the Polity finally encounters alien life in the form of massive, hostile, crab-like carnivores known as the Prador, there can be only one outcome - total warfare! Starships clash, planets fall, and space stations are overrun, but for Jebel Krong and Moria Salem, two unlikely heroes trapped at the center of the action, this war is. It could also be civilization-ending Jain tech – or something far more extraordinary.The Polity Collective is the pinnacle of space-faring civilization. It may be the Polity’s answer to their relentless fight against the prador. Piper knows the Polity want more from him, but at what cost? The rebellion also attracts the deadly prador, placing an entire world in peril.Īs war rages across the planet, Piper must battle with the unknown technology implanted in his bones.
When his parents are captured by the Old Guard, the Polity offer him unexpected aid. Piper was raised as a weapon against the Cyberat, implanted with secretive hardware. But these beliefs are upended with the arrival of the human Polity – and their presence ignites rebellion. Now, led by the powerful dictator Castron, their Old Guard believe that machines should replace the physical body. Long ago, the Cyberat left Earth to co-evolve with machines. War Bodies by Neal Asher is a gripping, high-octane standalone set in his expansive Polity world. Rebellion could be their salvation – or their doom.
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