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War Factory

By: Neal Asher
Narrated by: Peter Noble
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War Factory is the second novel in the Transformation series, a no-holds-barred adventure set in Neal Asher's popular Polity universe.

One seeks judgement, another faces damnation and one man will have his revenge . . .


Thorvald Spear is losing his mind as he drowns in dark memories that aren't his own. Penny Royal, rogue artificial intelligence, has linked Spear with the stored personalities of those it's murdered. And whether the AI seeks redemption or has some more sinister motive, Spear needs to destroy it. He feels the anger of the dead and shares their pain.

As Spear tracks the AI across a hostile starscape, he has company. Sverl, an alien prador, has been warped by Penny Royal and hungers to confront it. But will the AI's pursuers destroy each other or hunt it together? Sverl's prador enemies aren't far behind either. They plan to use his transition to prove human meddling, triggering a devastating new war.

Clues suggest Penny Royal's heading for the defective war factory that made it. So allies and enemies converge, heading for the biggest firestorm that sector of space has ever seen. But will Spear secure vengeance for his unquiet dead?

Continue the action-packed adventure with Infinity Engine.

'Asher ventures into some terrifying minds and incredible space battles in this tangled but heart-pounding sequel' –Publishers Weekly.

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Critic reviews

Asher ventures into some terrifying minds and incredible space battles in this tangled but heart-pounding sequel, which achieves a rare success in depicting truly non-human forms of intelligence
'This new novel has all the things I loved in Dark Intelligence, but extended and improved: more action scenes and more spectacular battles, deeper characterization, wider focus . . . Asher has done a tremendous work with War Factory'
War Factory contains everything that is good about Asher’s writing. It’s thoughtful, yet action-packed, and adds layer upon layer to an already deep setting that is the Polity . . . Nobody does science fiction like Neal Asher, and War Factory is yet more proof of that.
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Really enjoyed the book, but chapter 20 has pieces missing and sounds like some large corruption to the data.

Great story, chapter 20 has some major corruption.

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A great sequel and clearly plenty story remaining with the introduction of some new characters

great job 👍

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I wouldn't have expected the difference made by a narrator that goes the distance to give characters their own voice and keep it consistent throughout a book to be as big as it was. Absolutely love it!

Great book and great narration.

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very poor sound as many audible books of late (not the same for the audiobooks I have from the public library or other sellers). Had to turn the volume on max which made for some distorted narration.

another great read marred by very low sound

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Great book loved the story and the book narration can’t wait to listen to the next one I highly recommend it 👍😀⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great book 📖

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