Dark Agent

by Neal Asher

In this second installment of the Time's Shadow trilogy set in the Polity universe, Captain Blite and Agent Cormac face a renewed threat from the malevolent AI Straeger. Despite their previous efforts, Straeger continues his mission to incite a devastating galactic war, utilizing a twisted p-Prador army created from the Spatterjay virus. Trapped on the war-torn world of Yossander’s Hold, Blite and Cormac must navigate betrayal and violence while attempting to repair their ship. As the Prador Kingdom and the human Polity’s ruling AI form an uneasy alliance to counter the p-Prador threat, the protagonists must survive an escalating conflict that threatens the fabric of reality itself.