The Human

Neal Asher’s books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain – John ScalziIn this riveting sequel to The Soldier, Asher ramps up the pyrotechnics in the thunderous first salvoes of war … This is Asher at the top of his game – Publishers Weekly starred review on The WarshipThe Soldier provides everything we demand from Asher: a beautifully complex universe where AIs, aliens and post-humans scheme and struggle – magnificently awesome. Then Asher turns it up to eleven – Peter F. Hamilton on The Soldier

A richly imagined, exotic world, nonstop action, and unimaginable stakes - I couldn’t put The Soldier down

– Yoon Ha Lee on The SoldierNeal Asher’s coruscating mix of epic space opera, weaponised Darwinism and high-stakes intrigue channels the primal flame of deep-core science fiction – Paul McAuley on The SoldierWith mind-blowing complexity, characters, and combat, Asher’s work continues to combine the best of advanced cybertech and military SF – Publishers Weekly on The SoldierSpace operatics and Jaco­bean revenge-melodramatics – Locus Magazine on The SoldierJust when you thought the Polity couldn’t get more interesting Neal Asher manages to weave the most awe-inspiring elements of his universe together into an amazing narrative … Like a true master Asher hits this one out of the galactic plane … a truly mind-blowing start to a new trilogy – WorldsInInk on The Soldier

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 (set in the Polity): Hilldiggers, Prador Moon, Shadow of the Scorpion and The Technician.
• Transformation trilogy (based in the Polity): Dark Intelligence, War Factory and Infinity Engine.
• Dystopian future series: The Departure, Zero Point and Jupiter War.
• Cowl (time travel).
• Rise of the Jain series (set in the Polity universe): The Soldier, The Warship, and The Human.