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Gridlinked
A Science Fiction Novel by Neal L. Asher
Book 1 of the Agent Cormac Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Space Opera,
- Techno-Thriller,
- Artificial Intelligence
This book is for you if you're into...
- AI-run galactic empires where humans are not in charge
- Deadly chases across space with bizarre alien creatures
- Investigations that spiral into high-tech chaos and danger
From Little Stack
In The Polity, humankind doesn’t run AI—no, it’s AI that runs the show! They are largely benevolent dictators, taking care of matters like war, galactic expansion, and governance for the far-less-effective humans they rule. The machines drive super-powered battleships that think and act like elite generals, facing down alien threats and rogue AIs alike.
While the series does explore deeper themes (like governance and autonomy of AI), what it does best is hard-hitting, fast-paced action in a high-tech setting.
In outer space you can never feel sure that your adversary is altogether human.
The runcible buffers on Samarkand have been mysteriously sabotaged, killing many thousands and destroying a terraforming project.
Agent Cormac must reach it by ship to begin an investigation.
But Cormac has incurred the wrath of a vicious psychopath called Pelter, who is prepared to follow him across the galaxy with a terrifying android in tow.
Despite the sub-zero temperature of Samarkand, Cormac discovers signs of life: they are two "dracomen", alien beasts contrived by an extra-galactic entity calling itself "Dragon", which is a huge creature consisting of four conjoined spheres of flesh each a kilometre in diameter.
Caught between the byzantine wiles of the Dragon and the lethal fury of Pelter, Cormac needs to skip very nimbly indeed to rescue the Samarkand project and protect his own life.
Gridlinked is the first sci-fi thriller in Neal Asher's compelling Agent Cormac series.
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