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Polity Universe (chronological) Series

20 primary works • 24 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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3.97 · 1078 Ratings · 73 Reviews · published 2022 · 1 edition
With the advent of new AI technology, Polity citiz…

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    Book 1

    Prador Moon
    by
    3.88     · 7275 Ratings · 378 Reviews · published 2006 · 32 editions
    The Polity Collective is the pinnacle of space-far…

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    Book 2

    Shadow of the Scorpion
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    4.04     · 4307 Ratings · 192 Reviews · published 2008 · 34 editions
    Raised to adulthood during the end of the war betw…

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    Book 3

    Gridlinked
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    3.97     · 11403 Ratings · 558 Reviews · published 2001 · 11 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     · 7274 Ratings · 221 Reviews · published 2003 · 30 editions
    Full-scale action SF by one of Britain's most popu…

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    Book 5

    Brass Man
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    4.14     · 7147 Ratings · 187 Reviews · published 2005 · 35 editions
    Ian Cormac, a legendary Earth Central Security age…

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    Book 6

    Polity Agent
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    4.22     · 6145 Ratings · 151 Reviews · published 2006 · 26 editions
    From eight hundred years in the future, a runcible…

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    Book 7

    Line War
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    4.28     · 5810 Ratings · 147 Reviews · published 2008 · 24 editions
    The Polity is under attack from melded AI entity c…

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    Book 8

    The Technician
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    4.23     · 3976 Ratings · 144 Reviews · published 2010 · 23 editions
    The Theocracy has been dead for twenty years, and …

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    Book 9

    Dark Intelligence
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    4.08     · 6189 Ratings · 426 Reviews · published 2015 · 23 editions
    "Dark Intelligence is the first novel in the Trans…

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    Book 10

    War Factory
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    4.24     · 3786 Ratings · 185 Reviews · published 2016 · 19 editions
    Thorvald Spear, resurrected from his death over a …

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    Book 11

    Infinity Engine
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    4.39     · 3148 Ratings · 165 Reviews · published 2017 · 15 editions
    In the outskirts of space, and the far corners of …

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    Book 12

    The Soldier
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    4.10     · 3604 Ratings · 239 Reviews · published 2018 · 18 editions
    In a far corner of space, on the very borders betw…

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    Book 13

    The Warship
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    4.32     · 2521 Ratings · 117 Reviews · published 2019 · 14 editions

    Their nemesis lies in wait . . .

    Orlandine has des…

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    Book 14

    The Human
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    4.25     · 1979 Ratings · 117 Reviews · published 2020 · 11 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     · 6305 Ratings · 304 Reviews · published 2002 · 34 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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    4.10     · 3771 Ratings · 118 Reviews · published 2006 · 25 editions
    Sable Keech is a walking dead man, and the only on…

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    Book 17

    Orbus
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    4.24     · 3096 Ratings · 120 Reviews · published 2009 · 20 editions
    In charge of an old cargo spaceship, the Old Capta…

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    Book 18

    Jack Four
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    4.18     · 1879 Ratings · 124 Reviews · 11 editions
    This high-octane adventure is set in the same worl…

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    Book 19

    Hilldiggers
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    3.94     · 2911 Ratings · 89 Reviews · published 2007 · 21 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     · 1508 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 2008 · 23 editions
    Most of Neal Asher's stories are set in a galactic…

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    The Engineer ReConditioned
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    4.04     · 1376 Ratings · 65 Reviews · published 1998 · 16 editions
    Mysterious aliens, ruthless terrorists, androids w…

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    Lockdown Tales
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    4.51     · 1049 Ratings · 63 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
    4.11     · 359 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1999 · 3 editions
    Content:

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

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