Description
| Product ID: | 9781529049992 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Jack Four |
| Authors: | Author: Neal Asher |
| Page Count: | 448 |
| Subjects: | Science fiction, Science fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Set in Neal Asher's acclaimed Polity Universe, this is a fast-paced, thrilling standalone adventure. Jack Four is one of twenty clones, created to be sold. But he plans to escape his fate – whatever it takes. <p><b>A high-octane sci-fi adventure, <i>Jack Four </i>is a standalone novel set in Neal Asher's acclaimed Polity Universe. Thrilling and fast-paced, it's perfect for fans of Alastair Reynolds and Stephen Baxter.</b><br><br><b>Created to die – determined to live . . .</b><br><br>Jack Four – one of twenty human clones – has been created to be sold. His purchasers are the alien prador want him for one thing: their experimentation program. But there is something different about Jack.<br><br>The prador’s king has been mutated by the Spatterjay virus into a monstrous creature, along with his children. They were infected by the virus during the last humans-versus-prador war, now lapsed into an uneasy truce. But the prador are always looking for new weapons – and their experimentation program might give them the edge they seek.<br><br>Suzeal trades human slaves out of the Stratogaster Space Station. She thinks the rewards are worth the risks, but all that is about to change. The Station was once a zoo, containing monsters from across known space. All the monsters now dwell on the planet below, but they aren’t as contained as they seem. And a vengeful clone may be the worst danger of all . . .<br><br><b>‘Neal Asher’s books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain’ – John Scalzi, author of the Old Man’s War series</b><br><br><b>'Magnificently awesome. Then Asher turns it up to eleven' – Peter F. Hamilton, author of <i>Salvation</i>, on Asher's <i>The Soldier </i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Tor |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-01-20 |