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Polity Universe (chronological) Series

21 primary works • 25 total works
Not an official "Series", but comprises four of Neal Asher's series, as well as other novels, that take place in the same universe. This is a listing of books by internal chronology, not by publication date.

Author's guide to reading order . Chronology:
Prador Moon
Shadow of the Scorpion
[Agent Cormac series]
The Technician
[Transformation ser…

Book 0

Weaponized
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3.89 · 1835 Ratings · 123 Reviews · published 2022 · 10 editions
Weaponized is a thrilling far-future adventure by …

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    Book 1

    Prador Moon
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    3.88     · 8029 Ratings · 427 Reviews · published 2006 · 34 editions
    The Polity Collective is the pinnacle of space-far…

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    Book 1.5

    War Bodies
    by
    4.13     · 1667 Ratings · 56 Reviews · published 2023 · 8 editions
    Rebellion could be their salvation – or their doom…

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    Book 2

    Shadow of the Scorpion
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    4.05     · 4814 Ratings · 211 Reviews · published 2008 · 29 editions
    Raised to adulthood during the end of the war betw…

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    Book 3

    Gridlinked
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    3.96     · 12984 Ratings · 628 Reviews · published 2001 · 3 editions
    Gridlinked is a science fiction adventure in the c…

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    Book 4

    The Line of Polity
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    4.14     · 8015 Ratings · 247 Reviews · published 2003 · 8 editions
    Full-scale action SF by one of Britain's most popu…

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    Book 5

    Brass Man
    by
    4.15     · 7759 Ratings · 209 Reviews · published 2005 · 11 editions
    Ian Cormac, a legendary Earth Central Security age…

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    Book 6

    Polity Agent
    by
    4.23     · 6699 Ratings · 164 Reviews · published 2006 · 5 editions
    From eight hundred years in the future, a runcible…

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    Book 7

    Line War
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    4.29     · 6391 Ratings · 162 Reviews · published 2008 · 26 editions
    The Polity is under attack from melded AI entity c…

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    Book 8

    The Technician
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    4.24     · 4364 Ratings · 161 Reviews · published 2010 · 24 editions
    The Theocracy has been dead for twenty years, and …

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    Book 9

    Dark Intelligence
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    4.08     · 6972 Ratings · 463 Reviews · published 2015 · 6 editions
    "Dark Intelligence is the first novel in the Trans…

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    Book 10

    War Factory
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    4.24     · 4293 Ratings · 199 Reviews · published 2016 · 4 editions
    Thorvald Spear, resurrected from his death over a …

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    Book 11

    Infinity Engine
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    4.39     · 3656 Ratings · 184 Reviews · published 2017 · 4 editions
    In the outskirts of space, and the far corners of …

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    Book 12

    The Soldier
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    4.11     · 4157 Ratings · 259 Reviews · published 2018 · 20 editions
    In a far corner of space, on the very borders betw…

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    Book 13

    The Warship
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    4.31     · 2951 Ratings · 127 Reviews · published 2019 · 15 editions

    Their nemesis lies in wait . . .

    Orlandine has des…

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    Book 14

    The Human
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    4.27     · 2402 Ratings · 128 Reviews · published 2020 · 12 editions
    A warship is laying waste to the galaxy, making fo…

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    Book 15

    The Skinner
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    4.15     · 6828 Ratings · 339 Reviews · published 2002 · 32 editions
    Neal Asher, whom Tor introduced to the American au…

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    Book 16

    The Voyage of the Sable Keech
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    4.11     · 4130 Ratings · 133 Reviews · published 2006 · 21 editions
    Sable Keech is a walking dead man, and the only on…

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    Book 17

    Orbus
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    4.26     · 3418 Ratings · 137 Reviews · published 2009 · 18 editions
    In charge of an old cargo spaceship, the Old Capta…

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    Book 18

    Jack Four
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    4.16     · 2394 Ratings · 155 Reviews · published 2023 · 12 editions
    This high-octane adventure is set in the same worl…

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    Book 19

    Hilldiggers
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    3.96     · 3194 Ratings · 96 Reviews · published 2007 · 22 editions
    During a war between two planets in the same solar…

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    The Gabble And Other Stories
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    4.10     · 1651 Ratings · 76 Reviews · published 2008 · 21 editions
    Most of Neal Asher's stories are set in a galactic…

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    The Engineer ReConditioned
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    4.06     · 1659 Ratings · 71 Reviews · published 1998 · 9 editions
    Mysterious aliens, ruthless terrorists, androids w…

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    Lockdown Tales
    by
    4.49     · 1242 Ratings · 72 Reviews · published 2020 · 2 editions
    Best-selling author Neal Asher was far from idle d…

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    Book non-canon short stories

    Runcible Tales
    by
    4.17     · 452 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 1999 · 3 editions
    Content:

    Always with You • [Polity Universe] • (199…

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