Infinity Engine

Transformation #3

by Neal Asher

In the outskirts of space, and the far corners of the Polity, complex dealings are in play.

Several forces continue to pursue the deadly and enigmatic Penny Royal, none more dangerous than the Brockle, a psychopathic forensics AI and criminal who has escaped the Polity’s confinements and is upgrading itself in anticipation of a deadly showdown, becoming ever more powerful and intelligent.

Aboard Factory Station Room 101, the behemoth war factory that birthed Penny Royal, groups of humans, alien prador, and AI war drones grapple for control. The stability of the ship is complicated by the arrival of a gabbleduck known as the Weaver, the last living member of the ancient and powerful Atheter alien race.

What would an Atheter want with the complicated dealings of Penny Royal? Are the Polity and prador forces playing right into the dark AI’s hand, or is it the other way around? Set pieces align in the final book of Neal Asher’s action-packed Transformation trilogy, pointing to a showdown on the cusp of the Layden’s Sink black hole, inside of which lies a powerful secret, one that could destroy the entire Polity.

Genres: Science Fiction, Space Opera, Fiction, Audiobook, Artificial Intelligence, Action, Science Fiction Fantasy

488 pages, Hardcover

First published March 21, 2017

About the author

I’ve been an engineer, barman, skip lorry driver, coalman, boat window manufacturer, contract grass cutter and builder. Now I write science fiction books, and am slowly getting over the feeling that someone is going to find me out, and can call myself a writer without wincing and ducking my head. As professions go, I prefer this one: I don’t have to clock-in, change my clothes after work, nor scrub sensitive parts of my body with detergent. I think I’ll hang around.

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Reviews

[Vít · Rating 5 out of 5]

Abych parafrázoval autora, na každou novou knihu Neala Ashera se těším stejně, jako se pradorské druhodítě třese na nový gatlingův kulomet. A stejně jako to druhodítě, i já si to vždycky užiju :-)
Stroj nekonečna je parádní vyvrcholení trilogie Proměna přesně v Asherově stylu - třeskutá, na nic si nehrající space opera, kde najdete záhadné mimozemšťany, šílené umělé inteligence, sympatické válečné roboty vraždící maniaky a mnoho dalšího.
S čím na nás pan Asher přijde příště?

[Kristýna Obrdlíková · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tak nakonec mi závěr trilogie docela spravil chuť.