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Dark Diamond #1 Time's Shadon

by Neal Asher

Doomed to die. And die again.Dark Diamond is the first in a high-octane space opera trilogy from Neal Asher, creator of the Polity universe.Captain Blite knows that someone, or something, is trying to kill him. But a device he possesses, known only as the dark diamond, won't let that happen. After surviving a series of catastrophic accidents and assassination attempts, Blite realizes that whenever he dies the dark diamond reverses time to a moment before his death. He must go through the traumatic experience again and again until he escapes.Every encounter Blite survives generates a time flash which reveals potential futures. This extraordinary phenomenon attracts the attention of Polity agents and the crab-like p-Prador who wish to acquire this power for themselves. Hunted across space and time, Blite must uncover the true nature of the dark diamond before it causes his destruction . . .Praise for Neal Asher'Neal Asher's books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly at the brain' - John Scalzi, author of Old Man's War'Non-stop action and unimaginable stakes' - Yoon Ha Lee on The Soldier'Imaginative, energetic and insane' - SFX on Brass Man
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Pages:

400

Published:

8 Apr 2025

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Imprint

Tor

ISBN:

9781035037940

Doomed to die. And die again.Dark Diamond is the first in a high-octane space opera trilogy from Neal Asher, creator of the Polity universe.Captain Blite knows that someone, or something, is trying to kill him. But a device he possesses, known only as the dark diamond, won't let that happen. After surviving a series of catastrophic accidents and assassination attempts, Blite realizes that whenever he dies the dark diamond reverses time to a moment before his death. He must go through the traumatic experience again and again until he escapes.Every encounter Blite survives generates a time flash which reveals potential futures. This extraordinary phenomenon attracts the attention of Polity agents and the crab-like p-Prador who wish to acquire this power for themselves. Hunted across space and time, Blite must uncover the true nature of the dark diamond before it causes his destruction . . .Praise for Neal Asher'Neal Asher's books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly at the brain' - John Scalzi, author of Old Man's War'Non-stop action and unimaginable stakes' - Yoon Ha Lee on The Soldier'Imaginative, energetic and insane' - SFX on Brass Man
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