Neal Asher divides his time between Essex and Crete, mostly at a keyboard and mentally light years away. His full-length novels are as follows. First is the Agent Cormac series: Gridlinked, The Line of Polity, Brass Man, Polity Agent and Line War. Next comes the Spatterjay series: The Skinner, The Voyage of the Sable Keech and Orbus. Also set in the same world of the Polity are these standalone novels: Hilldiggers, Prador Moon, Shadow of the Scorpion, The Technician, Jack Four and Weaponized. The Transformation trilogy is also based in the Polity: Dark Intelligence, War Factory and Infinity Engine. Set in a dystopian future are The Departure, Zero Point and Jupiter War, while Cowl takes us across time. The Rise of the Jain trilogy comprises The Soldier, The Warship and The Human and is also set in the Polity universe.
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> 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 . . . Those who enjoy Neal Asher’s fast-paced, technologically rich SF stories will find a lot to like -- <i>Concatenation</i> on <i>Zero Point</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>