false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175393397m/511228.jpg 511228 7 In the far future, the Heliothane Dominion is triumphant in the solar system, after a bitter war with their Umbrathane progenitors. But some of the Umbrathane have escaped into the distant past, where they can position themselves to wreak havoc across time and undo their defeat. The most fanatical of them is the superhuman Cowl, more monstrous than any of the creatures outside his prehistoric redoubt. Cowl sends his terrifying hyperdimensional pet, the torbeast, hunting through all the timelines for human specimens. It sheds its scales -- each one an organic time machine -- where its master orders. Anyone who picks one up is dragged back to the dawn of time, where Cowl awaits. Then the beast can feed, growing ever larger . . . In our own near-future, Tack is one of U-gov's programmable killers. When a scale latches onto him, his doom seems inevitable, but the Heliothane have other ideas: they can use Tack against Cowl. Tack is no stranger to violence, but the Heliothane, hardened in their struggle for humanity's very existence, have much to teach him. He will need it all for his encounter with Cowl.Once one of Tack's targets, Polly escaped with her life when a torbeast scale snatched her. Now, like Tack, she must learn fast as she is dragged back to Day Zero. To cheat death again, she will have to help him save the human race. With Cowl, Neal Asher, acclaimed author of Gridlinked and The Skinner, has created his most powerful novel yet. 2316752 2004 Cowl total:138|5:20|4:55|3:44|2:14|1:5| 138 485 190 15 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 29 09:12:19 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 02 11:45:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 02:56:08 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 03:01:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 18:23:49 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 18:31:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 05:15:59 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 05:23:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 04:15:28 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 05:44:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 05 04:35:42 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 04:36:34 -0700 2009
Explanations of both are plausible (at least to me). An excellent read.]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 12:56:05 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 12:57:41 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Mon Dec 01 07:51:39 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 07:51:39 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Apr 26 11:56:45 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 07:04:53 -0700 2008 Neal Asher. It's thrilling and chilling, a travel mostly back in time through dangerous epochs where nobody would like to live. It's not related to Asher's other series.

What starts as something inevitable slowly turns into a nightmare. The last chapters fe...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 05 14:10:59 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 14:12:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Aug 01 09:21:38 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 14:21:57 -0700 2007
The main character's journey back through time engrossed me from the beginning, and the distinctively alien turn it takes at the end was interesting as ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Apr 05 08:00:06 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 08:00:06 -0700 2008 In no way am I an expert on sci-fi, but when I read Asher I feel like I am reading something cutting-edge and new. His books are smart, vivid, and brutal; his characters are fully realized and have honest story arcs; and his plots are incredibly complex. This one involves time travel...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 09:37:10 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 14:07:48 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 05:10:01 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 12:46:45 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Mar 22 16:04:32 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 16:10:46 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Nov 16 02:29:33 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 02:29:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 31 19:40:12 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 19:40:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 29 15:25:02 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 15:25:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 15:09:20 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 15:09:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 19 20:11:51 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 20:11:51 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=511228