Infinity Engine: Transformation Book 3
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4.7 • 83 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Infinity Engine is the third and final novel in the Transformation series, by bestselling science fiction author Neal Asher, following Dark Intelligence and War Factory.
"Asher is a modern master of Sci-Fi" Starburst magazine
A man battles for his life, two AIs vie for supremacy and a civilization hangs in the balance . . .
Several forces now pursue rogue artificial intelligence Penny Royal, hungry for revenge or redemption. And the Brockle is the most dangerous of all. This criminal swarm-robot AI has escaped its confinement and is upgrading itself, becoming ever more powerful in anticipation of a deadly showdown.
Events also escalate aboard the damaged war factory station where Penny Royal was constructed. Here Thorvald Spear, alien prador, and an assassin drone struggle to stay alive, battling insane AIs and technology gone wild. Then the Weaver arrives - last of the Atheter, resurrected from a race that suicided two million years ago. But what could it contribute to Penny Royal's tortuous plans?
And beyond the war factory a black hole conceals a tantalizing secret which could destroy the Polity. As AIs, humans and prador clash at its boundary, will anything survive their explosive final confrontation?
PRAISE FOR THE TRANSFORMATION SERIES
"Beautifully paced ... does just as well as at slam-bang action scenes as at painting frightening pictures" Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Blends large portions of horror and mystery into an SF tale of revenge and redemption ... a complex and satisfying work" Library Journal, starred review
"Hardboiled, fast-paced space opera epic ... Asher's books are similar to the world of Iain M. Banks' Culture universe, but the Polity is arguably a much darker and more vicious environment - and all the better for it" TheRegister.co.uk
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Asher (War Factory) completes his Transformation series with this powerful work that transcends the borders of morality, existence, and spacetime itself. The rogue AI Penny Royal continues to be the guiding force of this story, which centers on Room 101, the enormous spacefaring war factory where Penny Royal was created and where the last volume's climactic battle took place. Sverl, an alien who's been converted to an AI by Penny Royal, gains control of Room 101 as others converge on it. Thorvald Spear, one of Penny Royal's first victims, resumes his quest to find it, knowing that he is "the judgment the AI had created for itself." Another AI, the Brockle, has decided that it must defend the human and AI Polity from Penny Royal, regardless of how many lives it costs. The final action moves to Panarchia, the planet where Thorvald died, which now orbits a black hole. Asher imagines incredible beings wielding vast alien technologies, devastating space battles, and mind-blowing science, but all ultimately hinges on Thorvald Spear and his very human choices.
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