A standalone prequel to Neal Asher’ s explosive Agent Cormac series, Shadow of the Scorpion shows that some secrets are too hard to bear . . .
Following the human vs prador war, Ian Cormac signs up with Earth Central Security. He’ s sent out to restore order on worlds devastated by alien bombardment. But he learns humanity can be far more dangerous – even those closest to him.
Amidst the tragic ruins left by wartime atrocities, Cormac discovers in himself the cold capacity for violence. It’ s a quality that’ ll make him one of Earth’ s top agents. Haunted by childhood memories of a sinister scorpion-shaped war drone, and the burden of losses he doesn’ t remember, he’ ll discover some hard truths. These will set him on a course of vengeance, where he’ ll have to use all his hard-won skills just to stay alive.
In the end he' ll become Agent Ian Cormac. And it might just be enough to save the Polity itself . . .
