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    <body><![CDATA[Neal Asher is rapidly becoming one of my favourite authors after reading 'The Gabble and Other Stories', then 'Prador Moon' and now 'Shadow of the Scorpion'.<br/><br/>All are set in some way in the Polity Universe where humans have crossed the universe with computerised help. The Polity is run by ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49601150">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<p>Critics read <em>Shadow of the Scorpion</em> in several different ways. The book can be read as a political commentary on the impacts of war, especially counterinsurgency campaigns, on an individual's memory and personality. Or it can be read as an action-packed, well-plotted story with larger-than-life hero...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45463996">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/> Prequel/last book in the Cormac saga offers all that you expect in a Polity novel; a fast and satisfying read, however it does not offer anything essentially new for Polity &quot;veteran reader&quot; and it is quite predictable in some ways. <br/><br/>The novel rounds Ian Cormac's character...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50897282">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd forgotten how graphically this author treats violence, and  care should be taken by those squeamish about gory descriptions of mayhem.   Otherwise I enjoyed this well crafted addition to the Ian Cormack saga.  It is a prequel to the five earlier installments of this rambling space opera about th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36876519">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you like Asher, you're going to have no problems with this. But what I do have problem with is the quality of the presentation. The copy I have is a &quot;Nightshade Books&quot; edition. There is a glaring, horrid typo on the first page and the typset and spacing is awful. Go for a different publ...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[For those of you who enjoy Asher's 'Polity' books, and Ian Cormac, this is a must-read. I won't go into the story line as I don't want to ruin anyone's experience - but it is a very good read &amp; gives you a good background on Cormac's youth, early ECS days, and the Prador War. Worth buying &amp; reading!<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37769509">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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