The Human: 3 (Rise of the Jain, 3) - Hardcover

Asher, Neal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1509862447 ISBN 13: 9781509862443

Publisher: Macmillan, 2020

Synopsis

The Human is the final, thrilling, book in Neal Asher’s Rise of the Jain trilogy.

Their enemy seems unbeatable. But humanity is indomitable . . .

A Jain warship has risen from a prison five million years old, wielding a hoard of lethal technology. Its goal is to catch their old enemy, the Client, and it will destroy all who stand in its path.

Humanity and the prador thought their mutual nemesis – the bane of so many races – was long extinct. But the Jain are back and Orlandine must prepare humanity’s defence. She needs the Client’s knowledge to counter this ancient threat. But is the enemy of your enemy a friend? Earth Central even looks to the prador for alliance. These old enemies must now learn to trust one another, or face utter annihilation.

As the Jain warship crosses the galaxy, it seems unstoppable. Human and prador forces alike struggle to withstand its devastating weaponry ­­– far in advance of their own. And Orlandine’s life’s work has been to neutralize Jain technology, so if she can’t triumph, no one can. But could she become what she’s vowed to destroy?

'Neal Asher's books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain' John Scalzi, author of the Old Man's War series.

'Magnificently awesome. Then Asher turns it up to eleven' Peter F. Hamilton on the first in the trilogy, The Soldier.

About this title

About the Author

Neal Asher divides his time between Essex and Crete, mostly at a keyboard and mentally light years away. He is the creator of the Polity universe and author of the Agent Cormac series, the Spatterjay trilogy, the Transformation trilogy, the Rise of the Jain trilogy, and the Time’s Shadow trilogy. Also set in the world of the Polity are these standalone novels: Prador Moon, Hilldiggers, Shadow of the Scorpion, The Technician, Jack Four, Weaponized and War Bodies. The Departure, Zero Point and Jupiter War are set in a dystopian future and connect to his World Walkers novel, while Cowl transports us across time.

From the Back Cover

Praise for the
Rise of the Jain trilogy

‘Neal Asher’s books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain’
John Scalzi
‘Epic space opera, weaponized Darwinism and high-stakes intrigue’
Paul McAuley
‘AIs, aliens and post-humans scheme and struggle – magnificently awesome’
Peter F. Hamilton
‘A richly imagined, exotic world, nonstop action, and unimaginable stakes’
Yoon Ha Lee
‘Distinctive and compelling adventure’
Booklist
‘Action! on a grand scale . . . marvels and monsters in a single story’
Locus Magazine

‘Full-tilt adventure and widescreen action, this is top-notch stuff from an author well and truly at the top of his game’
SFX
‘One of the great writers of space opera today, right up there with the likes of Peter F. Hamilton and Alastair Reynolds’
Out of this World SFF Reviews

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1509862447
• ISBN 13: 9781509862443
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 544