Gridlinked: 1st in the 'Agent Cormac' series of books

Asher, Neal

ISBN 10: 0330484338 / ISBN 13: 9780330484336

Published by Macmillan / Pan

About this Item

© 2001: 1st in the 'Agent Cormac' series of books. Unknown publication date. 5th printing of 2002 edition:- Synopsis: It's not only humans who know the meaning of hate:- (original cost £6.99).

Seller Inventory # 18.004.00211

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gridlinked: 1st in the 'Agent Cormac' series of books
• Publisher: Macmillan / Pan
• ISBN 10: 0330484338
• ISBN 13: 9780330484336
• Binding: Paperback: 7" x 4½"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Steve Rawlings / Debut Art
• Edition: 2002 Edition
• Printing: 5th Printing
• Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear
• Weight: 0.27 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

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.

From the Back Cover

Praise for the British Edition:

"Gritty. Now, there's a word you don't often hear in connection with science fiction -- more's the pity. If all novels could employ this atmosphere as well as Gridlinked does, I could wish that all authors followed Neal Asher's lead. Then again, this unique style is all Asher's; it's highly doubtful that a copy would be as deeply satisfying. . . .And he leaves you eager for more. . . . Is it too early in 2001 to be thinking of a top-ten list? Not with a novel this impressive."-SF site.

“I couldn’t put it down. I even ended up reading it twice. Highly recommended.”—i

“Neal Asher makes the move to the big league with Gridlinked . . . [a] fast-moving and enjoyable tale.”—Starburst magazine