Shadow of the Scorpion

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Shadow of the Scorpion
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Cover for Shadow of the Scorpion
AuthorNeal Asher
Cover artistSteve Rawlings
LanguageEnglish
SeriesIan Cormac
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherTor Books
Publication date
2008
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages296
ISBN978-0-230-73859-1
OCLC298597496

Shadow of the Scorpion is a novel by Neal Asher, published by the Macmillan Publishers imprint Tor Books in 2008. The novel introduces Ian Cormac and is therefore a prequel. The novel skips between Cormac's first mission for the ECS (Earth Central Security) and his upbringing as a child.

Planets

  • Earth
  • Hagren, the setting of the majority of the book
  • Patience, the setting of the conclusion of the book

Spaceships

  • Pearl - AI controlled Polity transport.
  • The Sadist - An AI controlled attack ship.

Characters

  • Amistad
  • Yallow
  • Ian Cormac
  • Carl
  • Spencer
  • Dax Cormac (Ian's older brother)
  • Hannah Cormac (Dax and Ian's mother)
  • Gorman
  • Travis
  • Crean

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