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Prador Moon

By: Neal Asher
Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
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Prador Moon is one of Neal Asher’s most explosive excursions into the Polity universe. It’s also an action-packed prequel to the dramatic events in Neal Asher's Spatterjay novels.

It takes one encounter to turn peace into war . . .

The worlds of the Polity stretch from Earth Central into the unfathomable reaches of the galactic void. And when humanity finally encounters alien life – in the form of massive, hostile carnivores known as the Prador – there can only be one outcome. Total warfare.

Chaos reigns as, caught unawares, the Polity struggles to regain control. It must try and remake itself into a military society as starships clash, planets fall and space stations are overrun. But for Jebel Krong and Moria Salem, trapped at the centre of the action, this war is far more than a clash of cultures or technology versus brute force. This war is personal.

 Adventure Cyberpunk Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction War Military Technology

Critic reviews

Straightforward action Sci-Fi. And, boy, is he good at that . . . I cannot recommend it highly enough.
If you want sex, violence and excellent aliens this is your book.
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The story was quite interesting and added more to the story of how the polity prador war started but the narration was (for me) below the standard Im used when listening to Peter Noble narrate the Neal Asher books I’ve purchased, the narrator sounded as if he was attempting to imitate Stephen Fry and not doing so very well at that. I hope that Neal Asher continues to use Peter Noble in future

A nice Polity addition

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Engaging characters. Enjoyable story with a few gruesome descriptions. Echoes of the early Lensman books.

Enjoyable first contact romp.

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first book by this author and it was not bad at all. mix of hard sci-fi and space battles. this is a short book and a sort of prequel from what I understand. will give the rest a try

Crab monsters and AI

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Great hard sci-fi but I kept checking to see if the speed was set to 75%. The slow boring narration detracts from the pace and excitement of the story. Becomes much better if listen to at 125% speed

Great story -super slow and boring narration

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I started reading the books in chronological order (from goodreads.com) so this was my first touch on the Polity universe even though this seems to be one of the latest books from the writer.
Some mixed feelings here, partly it felt like this book was done to set up a scene, attention was paid to characters that were introduced but never again seen. Luckily partly this book told an interesting tale.
The reader did not quite succeed here, there were no pauses or other indications when point of view changed. This created confusion at the beginning but less so near the 50% mark.
At the moment, I'm not yet sure if I continue reading the Polity books. Probably.

My first touch to Polity universe

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