On Samarkand it was raining Dragon scales.

From Neal Asher

From Neal Asher

Gridlinked
The Skinner
Cowl
Brass Man

Praise

Praise for Gridlinked

“I couldn’t put it down. I even ended up reading it twice. Highly recommended.”

—Hull Daily Mail

“A boiling brew of red-in-tooth-and-claw turbo-cyberpunk.”

—SFX

“Neal Asher makes the move to the big league with Gridlinked … an SF Bond as might be written by Tarantino … [a] fast-moving and enjoyable tale.”

—Starburst magazine

“There’s invention and wit here, a firm command of a complex plot.”

—Time Out

“Gritty: a word you don’t often hear in connection with science fiction—more’s the pity. If all novels could employ this atmosphere as well as Gridlinked does, I wish that all authors followed Neal Asher’s lead.”

—SFRevu.com

Praise for Neal Asher

“We’ll all soon be seeing how future authors compare to Asher. I look forward to seeing Asher receive the success he is clearly destined for.”

SFRevu.com

“A bright new talent, brimming with fresh ideas.”

—The Alien Online

“If you like SF and you want some good, old fashioned seat of the pants storytelling then Asher is the hot ticket.”

—The Third Alternative magazine

Copyright Page

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious or are used fictitiously.

Gridlinked

Copyright © 2001 by Neal Asher

Originally published in Great Britain in 2001 by Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

A Tor Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
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Tor® is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.

eISBN 9781429910392

First eBook Edition : January 2011

First U.S. Edition: August 2003
First Mass Market Edition: September 2004