Polity - stand alone Series by Neal Asher

3.99 · 95 ratings
  • Prador Moon (Polity - stand alone #1)
    #1

    Prador Moon (Polity - stand alone #1)

    Neal Asher

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 2006

    The Polity Collective is the pinnacle of space-faring civilization. Academic and insightful, its dominion stretches from Earth Central into the unfathomable reaches of the galactic void... more

  • Shadow of the Scorpion (Polity - stand alone #2)
    #2

    Shadow of the Scorpion (Polity - stand alone #2)

    Neal Asher

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings · published 2008

    Raised to adulthood during the end of the war between the human Polity and a vicious alien race, the Prador, Ian Cormac is haunted by childhood memories of a sinister scorpion-shaped war drone and the burden of losses he doesn’t remember. Cormac signs up with Earth Central Security and is sent out to help restore and maintain order on worlds devastated by the war... more

  • War Bodies (Polity - stand alone #2)
    #2

    War Bodies (Polity - stand alone #2)

    Neal Asher

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2023

    Rebellion could be their salvation—or their doom.Long ago, the Cyberat left Earth to co-evolve with machines. Now, led by the powerful dictator Castron, their Old Guard believe that machines should replace the physical body. But these beliefs are upended with the arrival of the human Polity—and their presence ignites rebellion.Piper was raised as a weapon against the Cyberat, implanted with secretive hardware. When his parents are captured by the Old Guard, the Polity offer him unexpected aid... more

  • The Technician (Polity - stand alone #3)
    #3

    The Technician (Polity - stand alone #3)

    Neal Asher

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2010

    The Theocracy has been dead for 20 years, and the Polity rules on Masada. But the Tidy Squad consists of rebels who cannot accept the new order. Their hate for surviving theocrats is undiminished, and the iconic Jeremiah Tombs is at the top of their hitlist.

  • Hilldiggers (Polity - stand alone #4)
    #4

    Hilldiggers (Polity - stand alone #4)

    Neal Asher

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2007

    During a war between two planets in the same solar system - each occupied by adapted humans - what is thought to be a cosmic superstring is discovered. After being cut, this object collapses into four cylindrical pieces, each about the size of a tube train. Each is densely packed with either alien technology or some kind of life. They are placed for safety in three ozark cylinders of a massively secure space station... more

  • The Gabble And Other Stories (Polity - stand alone #short stories)
    #short stories

    The Gabble And Other Stories (Polity - stand alone #short stories)

    Neal Asher

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2008

    Most of Neal Asher's stories are set in a galactic future-scape called 'The Polity', and with this collection of marvellously inventive and action-packed short stories, he takes us further into the manifold diversities of that amazing universe. No one does monsters better than Neal Asher, so be prepared to revisit the lives and lifestyles of such favourites as the gabbleduck and the hooder, to savour alien poisons, the walking dead, the Sea of Death, and the putrefactor symbiont... more

Find similar series to Polity - stand alone  ❯