Infinity Engine (Transformation, 3) - Hardcover

Asher, Neal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230750753 ISBN 13: 9780230750753

Publisher: Tor, 2017

Synopsis

Infinity Engine is the third and final novel in the Transformation series, by bestselling science fiction author Neal Asher, following Dark Intelligence and War Factory.

A man battles for his life, two AIs vie for supremacy and a civilization hangs in the balance . . .

Several forces now pursue rogue artificial intelligence Penny Royal, hungry for revenge or redemption. And the Brockle is the most dangerous of all. This criminal swarm-robot AI has escaped its confinement and is upgrading itself, becoming ever more powerful in anticipation of a deadly showdown.

Events also escalate aboard the damaged war factory station where Penny Royal was constructed. Here Thorvald Spear, alien prador, and an assassin drone struggle to stay alive, battling insane AIs and technology gone wild. Then the Weaver arrives - last of the Atheter, resurrected from a race that suicided two million years ago. But what could it contribute to Penny Royal's tortuous plans?

And beyond the war factory a black hole conceals a tantalizing secret which could destroy the Polity. As AIs, humans and prador clash at its boundary, will anything survive their explosive final confrontation?

About this title

About the Author

Neal Asher divides his time between Essex and Crete, mostly at a keyboard and mentally light years away. His full-length novels are as follows. First is the Agent Cormac series: Gridlinked, The Line of Polity, Brass Man, Polity Agent and Line War. Next comes the Spatterjay series: The Skinner, The Voyage of the Sable Keech and Orbus. Also set in the same world of the Polity are these standalone novels: Hilldiggers, Prador Moon, Shadow of the Scorpion, The Technician, Jack Four and Weaponized. The Transformation trilogy is also based in the Polity: Dark Intelligence, War Factory and Infinity Engine. Set in a dystopian future are The Departure, Zero Point and Jupiter War, while Cowl takes us across time. The Rise of the Jain trilogy is comprised of The Soldier, The Warship and The Human, and is also set in the Polity universe.

From the Back Cover

PRAISE FOR THE TRANSFORMATION SERIES

'Asher rocks . . . a vivid future'
David Brin

'What Asher delivers here is state-of-the-art SF on so many levels . . . a compelling, smart read'
Locus

'Beautifully paced . . . This is space opera at a high peak of craftsmanship'
Publishers Weekly, starred review

'Nobody does science fiction like Neal Asher, and War Factory is yet more proof of that'
SFFWorld

'An exciting, intricate, and unabashedly futuristic story rife with twists and turns'
Booklist

'An imaginative, epic space opera that manages to present a dark future universe . . . Highly enjoyable and highly addictive'
SFBook

'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

'Dark Intelligence has everything science fiction needs, and much, much more'
The Book Plank

Edition details

• Publisher: Tor
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230750753
• ISBN 13: 9780230750753
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576