• Lead hardcover for Night Shade’s Spring 2018 list • First book in a new Polity series from Neal Asher • British SF author known for unique mix of far-future technology, bizarre alien creations, and explosive action who has Bookscanned nearly 90,000 copies of his books • Previous Polity trilogy (Dark Intelligence, War Factory, Infinity War) has sold over 13,000 hardcovers and 8000 trade paperbacks • Simultaneous publication by major British publisher (Tor UK, distributed by Macmillan) ensures significant cross promotion to core Science fiction readership. • Cover reveal forthcoming with support on social media and promotion to science fiction readers (details to come).