Gridlinked by Neal Asher

A most excellent book! A faced paced science fiction book as science fiction should be written in my opinion. A bit space opera, a bit interstellar intrigue, a bit cyberware. The kind of book I like to read.


Paraphrased from Goodreads.com: Cormac is a legendary Earth Central Security agent, the James Bond of a wealthy future where "runcibles" (matter transmitters controlled by AIs) allow interstellar travel in an eye blink throughout the settled worlds of the Polity. Cormac is nearly burnt out, "gridlinked" to the AI net so long that his humanity has begun to drain away. He has to take the cold-turkey cure and shake his addiction to having his brain on the net. Now he must do without just as he's sent to investigate the unique runcible disaster that's wiped out the entire human colony on planet Samarkand in a thirty-megaton explosion. With the runcible out, Cormac must get there by ship, but he has incurred the wrath of a vicious psychopath called Arian Pelter, who now follows him across the galaxy with a terrifying psychotic killer android in tow.

This is the first book with Ian Cormac, agent extroidinaire. I believe there are now 5 more books in the series. Whew, there is much I wish to discuss about this book, but don't want to give anything away.

Go read the book! 'Nuff said.