* First trade paperback edition.
* This is book three in the Transformation trilogy; it follows Dark Intelligence (Feb 2015) and War Factory (May 2016). The Transformation trilogy functions as the best entry point to Asher's popular Polity universe since Gridlinked (2003) and The Skinner (2004)
* UK space opera author who has Bookscanned more than 70,000 copies of his books
* Dark Intelligence received much critical acclaim including starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal
* Dark Intelligence had a large publicity push including interviews at numerous websites and blogs, a Reddit AMA, and even a soundtrack composed specifically for the novel.
* Asher is extremely active in promoting his novels across the science fiction community, especially on blogs and Twitter.
* Simultaneous publication by major British publisher (Tor UK, distributed by Macmillan) ensures significant cross promotion to core science fiction readership.
Industry Reviews
Praise for Infinity Engine
"Incredible beings wielding vast alien technologies, devastating space battles, and mind-blowing science . . . Asher completes his Transformation series with this powerful work that transcends the borders of morality, existence, and spacetime itself." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A wide-screen special-effects extravaganza, a space opera featuring gods and monsters . . . Doc Smith and Olaf Stapledon in a blender, turned up to eleven, with the contents splattering across the ceiling." --Russell Letson, Locus
Praise for War Factory
"Asher ventures into some terrifying minds and incredible space battles in this tangled but heart-pounding sequel, which achieves a rare success in depicting truly nonhuman forms of intelligence."
--Publishers Weekly
Praise for Dark Intelligence
"Beautifully paced ... does just as well as at slam-bang action scenes as at painting frightening pictures ... This is space opera at a high peak of craftsmanship."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"What Asher delivers here is state-of-the-art SF on so many levels ... a compelling, smart read."
--Paul Di Filippo, Locus
"Blends large portions of horror and mystery into an SF tale of revenge and redemption ... a complex and satisfying work."
--Library Journal, starred review
"An exciting, intricate, and unabashedly futuristic story rife with twists and turns ... Asher returns to his popular far-future series, Polity Universe, with another fast-paced space opera filled with his trademark technological marvels and elaborate world building."
--Booklist
"Hardboiled, fast-paced space opera epic ... Asher's books are similar to the world of Iain M. Banks' Culture universe, but the Polity is arguably a much darker and more vicious environment--and all the better for it."
--The Register
"Perpetually on the knife's edge, and this constant tension works wonders for creating a page-turning atmosphere. It's a damningly gripping and infecting book."
--Upcoming4.me
"A superb novel and Asher has an amazing talent for world-building, for writing larger-than-life characters, for weaving gripping plots and for imagining exotic alien races and wonderful technologies. Huge ships! Big weapons! Space battles! Ground battles! Treason! Revenge! This is New Space Opera at its best."
--Sense of Wonder
"One of his best works so far ... Asher is a modern master of sci-fi."
--Starburst magazine
""[The Polity books] are SF novels that mix early cyberpunk's insouciance with the widescreen baroque spectacle of space opera and the pacing of an airport action-thriller. But even by Neal Asher's standards, there's something particularly grisly about Dark Intelligence."
--SFX
Praise for Neal Asher
"Asher rocks with XXX adrenaline while delivering a vivid future."
--David Brin, New York Times-bestselling author of Kiln People
"What has six arms, a large beak, looks like a pyramid, has more eyes than you'd expect, and talks nonsense? If you don't know the answer to that, then 1) you should and 2) you haven't been reading Neal Asher (see point 1)."
--Jon Courtenay Grimwood
"Projects the terror-haunted sensibility of our time into a future of limitless brutality . . . Asher displays great virtuosity."
--The New York Times
"Asher has lit up the sky of science fiction like a new sun."
--Tanith Lee "Incredible beings wielding vast alien technologies, devastating space battles, and mind-blowing science . . . Asher completes his Transformation series with this powerful work that transcends the borders of morality, existence, and spacetime itself." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A wide-screen special-effects extravaganza, a space opera featuring gods and monsters . . . Doc Smith and Olaf Stapledon in a blender, turned up to eleven, with the contents splattering across the ceiling." --Russell Letson, Locus Praise for War Factory
"Asher ventures into some terrifying minds and incredible space battles in this tangled but heart-pounding sequel, which achieves a rare success in depicting truly nonhuman forms of intelligence."
--Publishers Weekly Praise for Dark Intelligence
"Beautifully paced ... does just as well as at slam-bang action scenes as at painting frightening pictures ... This is space opera at a high peak of craftsmanship."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"What Asher delivers here is state-of-the-art SF on so many levels ... a compelling, smart read."
--Paul Di Filippo, Locus
"Blends large portions of horror and mystery into an SF tale of revenge and redemption ... a complex and satisfying work."
--Library Journal, starred review
"An exciting, intricate, and unabashedly futuristic story rife with twists and turns ... Asher returns to his popular far-future series, Polity Universe, with another fast-paced space opera filled with his trademark technological marvels and elaborate world building."
--Booklist
"Hardboiled, fast-paced space opera epic ... Asher's books are similar to the world of Iain M. Banks' Culture universe, but the Polity is arguably a much darker and more vicious environment--and all the better for it."
--The Register
"Perpetually on the knife's edge, and this constant tension works wonders for creating a page-turning atmosphere. It's a damningly gripping and infecting book."
--Upcoming4.me
"A superb novel and Asher has an amazing talent for world-building, for writing larger-than-life characters, for weaving gripping plots and for imagining exotic alien races and wonderful technologies. Huge ships! Big weapons! Space battles! Ground battles! Treason! Revenge! This is New Space Opera at its best."
--Sense of Wonder
"One of his best works so far ... Asher is a modern master of sci-fi."
--Starburst magazine
""[The Polity books] are SF novels that mix early cyberpunk's insouciance with the widescreen baroque spectacle of space opera and the pacing of an airport action-thriller. But even by Neal Asher's standards, there's something particularly grisly about Dark Intelligence."
--SFX
Praise for Neal Asher
"Asher rocks with XXX adrenaline while delivering a vivid future."
--David Brin, New York Times-bestselling author of Kiln People
"What has six arms, a large beak, looks like a pyramid, has more eyes than you'd expect, and talks nonsense? If you don't know the answer to that, then 1) you should and 2) you haven't been reading Neal Asher (see point 1)."
--Jon Courtenay Grimwood
"Projects the terror-haunted sensibility of our time into a future of limitless brutality . . . Asher displays great virtuosity."
--The New York Times
"Asher has lit up the sky of science fiction like a new sun."
--Tanith Lee
