So the Jain are like this lost mythical species. That old culture was mentioned through the books. A bunch of different forces are summoned to this large object in space that appears to be hiding a artifacts that are basically weapons of this long dead advanced civilization The Jain. the story is mostly pew pew space battles. It took a little while for Asher to weave the elements together but I liked the effect in the end. I think the Skinner besides being the his best novel is the one that blends in the world building details into the story the best.Īs for the Solider this novel was fun for me but not a quick or easy read. I for one enjoy how bananas alot of it is. I am sure Asher's books could be confusing to some readers. This was not a turn-off to me but I could see how some readers would not like to have to do that. It is not just the characters and cultures, but some of the weird technology I would forget what something was and would flip forward. This is a very different barely human race, machines and crab like creatures.I can say even though I have read books in this universe before I constantly flipping back to the glossary that is REALLY NEEDED for this book. This is space opera, but it is really intensely weird space opera with not really any characters that look or act like people in a recognizable sense. Having read several novels and stories set in the Polity I can't say how this book stands alone. In the Polity, this civilization has long been at war with crab creatures known as the Prador. Most humans are at least partly enhanced, so this novel is dominated by trans-human cyborgs and AI. The Polity, is the far future civilization of humanity, who are controlled by a central AI. While this is a new trilogy it takes place in the larger canon of Asher's work. I am not even close to having read all the books by Asher or in this series but when I saw this book had just come out and was the start of a new trilogy I was excited to give it a shot. That novel The Skinner is to me an absolute classic. Neal Asher wrote one of my favorite sci-fi novels, that happens to take place in this larger universe. Published May 15th 2018 by Night Shade Books
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