
Part of the Polity series:
- The Skinner
- The Soldier
- Dark Intelligence
- Gridlinked
- Voyage of the Sable Keech
- The Line of Polity
- The Warship
- War Factory
- The Human
- Orbus
- Brass Man
- Infinity Engine
- Polity Agent
- Line War
- Lockdown Tales
- The Bosch
- Owning the Future
- Jack Four
- The Gabble
- The Engineer Reconditioned
- Hilldiggers
- Shadow of the Scorpion
- The Technician
- Prador Moon
Best-selling author Neal Asher was far from idle during the isolation of lockdown; he kept himself occupied in the best way possible: he wrote. And his imagination was clearly in overdrive. Five brand new novellas and novelettes and one novella reworked and expanded from a story first published in 2019. Together, they form Lockdown Tales, exploring the latter days of the Polity universe and beyond. What lies in wait for humanity after the Polity has gone?
Six stories, 150,000 words of fiction that crackle with energy, invention and excitement. Within their pages you will encounter prador, hoopers, sassy A.I.s, resurrected Golem, a mutated giant whelk that can ravage an island, hooders, megalomaniacs, war drones, Penny Royal, an intriguing sfnal take on High Planes Drifter and another with echoes of Robinson Crusoe... In fact, everything you might expect from concentrated Neal Asher and more.
Lockdown Tales: An introduction
The Relict
Monitor Logan
Bad Boy
Plenty
Dr. Whip
Raising Moloch
Available as an A5 paperback and a numbered limited edition hardback signed by the author.
An excellent escape from the actual lockdown! As expected Neal Asher delivers the interesting characters and a bit of mayhem. A tantalizing lead up to Jack Four.