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Line War is the fifth and final novel in Neal Asher's action-packed Agent Cormac series.

The human Polity worlds are under attack from Erebus, a renegade AI. And it’s now merged with lethal Jain technology, and isn’t afraid to use it. When Erebus kills millions, on a world of no apparent significance, Agent Ian Cormac is sent to investigate. He’s also secretly struggling with an ability no human should possess – and starts questioning the motives of his AI masters.

Further indiscriminate attacks attract the Polity’s most dangerous individuals. Mr Crane, a brass killing machine, seeks vengeance. Orlandine, part AI and part human, hunts a weapon of appalling power. And Dragon plans to wake the makers of Jain technology from their ancient slumber. But can Erebus be stopped – or is this the end for the Polity?

 Adventure Cyberpunk Fiction Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Technology War
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Look, I am not gonna lie - Neal Asher works are VAST! Vast in any respect - in characters, distances they cover, plot twists, everything! It is hard to follow if you do not pay your full attention sometimes and being no physics fan some of the stuff explained in the book gave me headache.
But this is a very good book, by a skilled master world builder and a good finale (?) for his Cormac series. I enjoyed it immensely but felt it a little bit underwhelming compared to the previous parts.
Without giving any spoilers, I kinda got a bit bored by the predictable ending and what (I think) were the missed opportunities for further character development as there were some guys in the book who might have featured more.
Maybe my mistake was listening to this book instead of reading it, I dunno. Still, its a good Asher book though not as good as the others in the same series.

Not his best but still an entertaining read

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in the last few hours of listening to any book things ramp up towards the finale - this book is 21 hours of those last few hours of any normal book. Superb.

Compiled by Humans

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DIDN'T START READING NEAL ASHER UNTIL THE SOLDIER NOW CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF HIS WORK EVEN READING IN REVERSE THEY ARE STILL ENTHRALLING EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE CONCLUSIONS ARE GOING TO BE.IF YOU LIKE SPACE OPERA THIS IS FOR YOU.NOT TOO KEEN ON THIS NARRATOR BUT HE DOES NOT SPOIL THE BOOK.HAVE ALREADY BOUGHT MORE BOOKS.CAN'T WAIT FOR FOLLOW UP TO SOLDIER.

STAR SPANNING,THOUGHT PROVOKING.

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Don’t be out off by the glacial speed of the narrator that appears to be half asleep. Crank the speed control to 1.5x and all is good.

Great story and conclusion

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The final chapter in the Ian Cormak stories. The full extent of the betrayals and Ian's abilities are laid out.

Fantastic stories and interesting geo-political standpoint. I love the individuality of various AI and the interplay.

Well performed but some of the editing could have been a little better. Swapping from different characters was a little abrupt.

Great overall.

A great conclusion

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