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.
Neal Asher's books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain -- John Scalzi, author of <i>Old Man's War</i> on <i>The Human</i> Asher's coruscating mix of epic space opera, weaponised Darwinism and high-stakes intrigue channels the primal flame of deep-core science fiction -- Paul McAuley Delivers plenty of thrills, and the climax also sets up a very intriguing status quo for the second volume -- <i>SFX</i> on <i>The Departure</i> Asher’s ability to write exciting set-piece action scenes featuring cool SF hardware is undimmed -- <i>Concatenation</i> This is a dizzying and unusually thoughtful space opera . . . The result is a challenging, extremely satisfying read -- <i>Publisher's Weekly</i> on <i>Jupiter War</i> Asher is a modern master of Sci-Fi * Starburst Magazine *