Gridlinked is the first sci-fi thriller in Neal Asher's compelling Agent Cormac series. Gridlinked is set in the same Polity universe as the Gabbleduck stories, but not on the planet Masada (introduced in Line of Polity, the sequel). 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. 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.ĭespite 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. Now Asher crosses the Atlantic and breaks into hardcover with Gridlinked, a science fiction adventure in the classic, fast-paced, action-packed tradition of Harry Harrison and Poul Anderson, with a dash of cyberpunk and a splash of Ian Fleming added to spice the mix. Agent Cormac must reach it by ship to begin an investigation. Gridlink is an American grindcore band, founded in 2004 in Hoboken, New Jersey. The runcible buffers on Samarkand have been mysteriously sabotaged, killing many thousands and destroying a terraforming project. A technician enters the runcible gate to star transport to the planet Samerkand, but something goes astray and his arrival ignites a nuclear explosion that. 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.
In outer space you can never feel sure that your adversary is altogether human. Gridlinked: The First Agent Cormac Novel by Neal Asher
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