&b>A warship is laying waste to the galaxy, committing incredible acts of war. So old enemies must work together - or face annihilation. This is the high-octane conclusion to Neal Ashers Rise of the Jain trilogy.&/b>

THEIR ENEMY SEEMS UNBEATABLE
BUT HUMANITY IS INDOMITABLE

A Jain warship has risen from a prison five million years old, bearing lethal technology. Its goal is to catch its old enemy, the Client, and it will destroy all who stand in its path. Humanity and the prador thought their mutual nemesis long extinct. But the Jain are back and Orlandine must prepare humanity's defence. She needs the Client's knowledge to defeat them. But is the enemy of your enemy a friend?


Earth Central and the prador even form an alliance, and must learn to trust one another or face annihilation. But the Jain warship seems unstoppable. Orlandine's life's work has been to neutralize Jain technology ­- so if she can't end this, no one can. Or will she become what she's vowed to destroy?

Praise for the series

'Neal Asher's books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain'
John Scalzi
'Magnificently awesome. Then Asher turns it up to eleven'
Peter F. Hamilton
'Full-tilt adventure and widescreen action, this is top-notch stuff from an author well and truly at the top of his game'
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Just when you thought the Polity couldn't get more interesting Neal Asher manages to weave the most awe-inspiring elements of his universe together into an amazing narrative brimming with awesome technology, vast space battles, gigantic explosions and intricate machinations that are terrifying in their scope . . . Like a true master Asher hits this one out of the galactic plane . . . a truly mind-blowing start to a new trilogy