07-24-2023, 07:57 AM
Gridlinked by Neal Asher
Another trilogy of books in the Polity Universe of Neal Asher. This might be Asher's first book in his Polity Universe of books because Gridlinked explains a lot of how the Polity universe works, something I had to pick up on the fly in the other trilogy.
Gridlinked is a spy novel where Ian Cormac starts by breaking up a terrorist ring on one planet and then having to go to another planet to fight a mysterious all powerful force named Dragon. Dragon is after another all powerful force as well. Meanwhile, one of the terrorist hunts Cormac for what he did. The book has a much tighter narrative with its underlying spy story but there is still plenty of high tech space opera going around. And I don't know if it's intentional or not, but this book and the other trilogy have a character named Thorn and I wonder if it is supposed to be the same guy.
In the end, the results are kind of vague. I never could tell why Cormac was so important to Dragon's plans. Lots of threads dangling around.
Another trilogy of books in the Polity Universe of Neal Asher. This might be Asher's first book in his Polity Universe of books because Gridlinked explains a lot of how the Polity universe works, something I had to pick up on the fly in the other trilogy.
Gridlinked is a spy novel where Ian Cormac starts by breaking up a terrorist ring on one planet and then having to go to another planet to fight a mysterious all powerful force named Dragon. Dragon is after another all powerful force as well. Meanwhile, one of the terrorist hunts Cormac for what he did. The book has a much tighter narrative with its underlying spy story but there is still plenty of high tech space opera going around. And I don't know if it's intentional or not, but this book and the other trilogy have a character named Thorn and I wonder if it is supposed to be the same guy.
In the end, the results are kind of vague. I never could tell why Cormac was so important to Dragon's plans. Lots of threads dangling around.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm