Dark Diamond
$73.51
- Hardcover
688 pages
- Release Date
29 April 2025
Summary
Doomed to die. And die again.
Dark Diamond is the first in a high-octane space opera trilogy, Time’s Shadow. From Neal Asher, creator of the Polity universe.
Somebody is trying to kill Captain Blite, but each attempt ends in unexpected failure. All Blite knows is that a black diamond - left to him by the dark AI Penny Royal - is somehow the cause of his unlikely survival.
Each failed attempt on Blite’s life generates temporal anomalies, drawing the scrutiny of the ruth…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035037933 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1035037939 |
| Author: | Neal Asher |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Tor |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 688 |
| Release Date: | 29 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 952g |
| Dimensions: | 57mm x 165mm x 244mm |
| Series: | Time's Shadow |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Magnificently awesome … Asher turns it up to eleven – Peter F. Hamilton, author of Exodus: The Archimedes Engine, on The Soldier
Asher rocks with XXX adrenaline while delivering a vivid future – David Brin, author of The Postman, on Dark Intelligence
Nonstop action, and unimaginable stakes – Yoon Ha Lee, author of Ninefox Gambit, on The Soldier
Gleeful but superbly controlled action-adventure – The Times on Weaponized
A powerhouse cocktail of lurid violence, evocative world-building and typically grotesque monsters – SFX on Orbus
Without a doubt the most entertaining science fiction author writing today – SFF World on Line War
Asher’s work continues to combine the best of advanced cybertech and military SF * Publishers Weekly *
Asher is a modern master of sci-fi – Starburst Magazine on Dark Intelligence
Neal Asher
Neal Asher divides his time between Essex and Crete, mostly at a keyboard and mentally light years away. His full-length novels are as follows:
- Agent Cormac series: Gridlinked, The Line of Polity, Brass Man, Polity Agent and Line War.
- Spatterjay series: The Skinner, The Voyage of the Sable Keech and Orbus.
- Polity Standalones: Prador Moon, Hilldiggers, Shadow of the Scorpion, The Technician, Jack Four, Weaponized, and War Bodies.
- Transformation trilogy: Dark Intelligence, War Factory and Infinity Engine.
- Dystopian Future series: The Departure, Zero Point and Jupiter War, connected to the World Walkers standalone.
- Standalone Novel: Cowl.
- Rise of the Jain trilogy: The Soldier, The Warship and The Human.
- Time’s Shadow trilogy: Dark Diamond.
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