Neal Asher was born in Billericay, Essex, and divides his time between England and Crete. His full-length novels include Gridlinked, The Skinner, The Line of Polity, Cowl, Brass Man, The Voyage of the Sable Keech, Polity Agent, Hilldiggers, Prador Moon, Line War, Shadow of the Scorpion and Orbus.
The Technician is no doubt one of the best new novels I have read this year. It's got a fantastic inner journey with fast-paced alien-world action. * Cybermage * I know that when a tale from him arrives that I’m going to get a story that I absolutely love. * Falcata Times * Neal Asher's books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain -- John Scalzi on <i>The Soldier</i> Magnificently awesome. Then Asher turns it up to eleven -- Peter F. Hamilton on <i>The Soldier</i>