Brass Man - Neal Asher - Review



Brass Man
Reviewed by:
Luiz Marques


Review Date:2011-04-07
5 out of 5 stars

I'm still reading Neal Asher's Ian Cormac Series, and the latest was Brass Man.



Brass Man continues the events of The Line of Polity. There is no way to continue the review without a lot of spoilers regarding the previous book, so you really should stop reading now if you don't want them...

Well, if you are still reading, either you don't mind the spoilers or you skipped the previous paragraph. If the latter, sorry.

In the of Line Of Polity, Skellor, the super powerful scientist with Jain tech and an embedded AI got his ship blown away. If you paid attention, you might remember that there was a nice setup for his escape on the way the ship twisted the bridge out of visual range just before it was destroyed.

So it's not too surprising that he survived, and is back for more. One of the fun parts, and the reason for the title, is that Mr. Crane is brought back, with a sensible explanation of how he was created and why he is obsessed with his toys... And the clear impression that he may be back again on the future.

We also learn that Ian Cormac, just like Blegg, has special powers that even he didn't know.

They end up in a little planet from the original humankind expansion, that has no contact with the Polity and relatively primitive tech. As usual for Asher, the planet has a cool and intricately described fauna.

A vast battle follows, where we discover that the small references in the encyclopedia entries about rogue AIs was not based on rumors alone...

Overall, pretty awesome, and very much recommended for SF fans.

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