Product Description

The Polity Collective, which benignly rules numerous star systems, has come up against a chilling opponent. The crablike Prador are bloodthirsty aliens bent on crushing the Polity and stealing its runcible technology ...and they possess a frightening superiority in space warfare. Two wild-card humans, a vengeance-driven soldier and a runcible technician, must now combine their talents in an attempt to stop a seemingly invincible Prador warship from incinerating yet another Polity world. Combining violence and cunning in a race against time, this is classic space opera from one of the new UK masters of the genre. Literally never a dull moment: 'A fast and furious spectacle developed with gusto' - "Booklist".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1499 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-17
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Death Ray
'a book of high enjoyment, dollops of gore and the occasional wry line...a lot of fun.'

BBC Focus Magazine
'Sex, violence and giant crabs. Yep, it's business as usual for Neal Asher...Deep it ain't, but its a lot of fun'

SFX
'If you want sex, violence and excellent aliens this is your book'

Customer Reviews

Another high quality novel of the polity
Again Neal Asher's delivers. Fast paced, multi plots, rich characters. You could kind-of see it coming (no pun intended) but the ending was fated and complete. Good stuff. Great author and this one is no let down.

engrossing
A shorter more compact work from Mr Asher but very well worth the effort. I enjoyed the narrative pace and the focus on just two individuals amongst a much larger available cast. This is an excellent treatment of interstellar war and gives more insight into just how efficient the AI's of the polity can be. And it's a bloody good read.

Could be a lot better/longer
I like Neal Asher a lot, but lets be honest, this book is too short to have the dept of character needed for a really good book. It feels a bit like an extended shortstory. Thats why i only give this book 3 stars. It could have gotten 4 or 5 like usual N.A. books, but i refuse to give him that high a rating when he can not be bothered to write a real book. The idea is sound and the writing good but the story is left lacking in too many places due to the premature ending. Just not good enough - and too bad - because it could have been very good.