The Departure
$36.38
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
24 December 2020
Summary
In a world devoid of hope, is revenge the only way out?
The Argus Space Station looks down on a nightmarish Earth. And from here, the Committee enforces its despotic rule. It governs a corrupt world, where the poor are starving - and are policed by mechanized overseers wielding identity-reader guns. There are also too many people and too few resources, so the Committee has decided twelve billion people must die. So they prepare to unleash the full power of their Station’s weaponry to …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509868544 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1509868542 |
| Author: | Neal Asher |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Tor |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 24 December 2020 |
| Weight: | 348g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 129mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Owner series |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Fast, furious, violent, slightly tongue-in-cheek (I think), and a whole lot of fun that makes 1984 seem like a children’s tea party … the start of another promising series from Asher. Go on, dive in, you won’t be disappointed – British Fantasy Society
Delivers plenty of thrills, and the climax also sets up a very intriguing status quo for the second volume – SFX
Fast, dramatic stuff … this is a book with lots of Asher trademarks: rapid pace, great action, messy consequences – SFFWorld
I had an absolute blast with this book … his work really does get better and better – Falcata Times
The Orwellian intro had me utterly hooked right from the start. I simply couldn’t stop reading until I reached the end – WorldsInInk
Action packed and thrilling, The Departure is a must for all fans of contemporary science fiction who haven’t experienced Asher’s visceral novels before – We Love This Book
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.
- Standalone novels (Polity universe): Hilldiggers, Prador Moon, Shadow of the Scorpion and The Technician.
- Transformation trilogy (Polity universe): Dark Intelligence, War Factory and Infinity Engine.
- Dystopian future novels: The Departure, Zero Point and Jupiter War.
- Cowl
- Rise of the Jain series (Polity universe): The Soldier, The Warship.
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