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 . . .