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Brass Man (Tor Books) (Paperback)
$8.24 - Save $0.75 (8%) - RRP $8.99 Free shipping worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Brass ManAn insane robot brain is brought back to life in a shiny new body, ready to kill again, in this sequel to "Gridlinked" by Philip K. Dick Award finalist Asher ("Cowl").
Full description- Publisher: Tor Books
- Published: 01 November 2011
- Format: Paperback 512 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Science Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9780765356680 ISBN 10: 0765356686
- Sales rank: 123,894
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Full description for Brass Man
On the primitive world of Cull, a knight errant called Anderson is hunting a dragon, little knowing that far away someone else (now more technology than human flesh) has resurrected a brass killing machine called 'Mr Crane' to assist in a similar hunt encompassing star systems. When agent Cormac learns that this old enemy still lives, he sets out in pursuit aboard the attack ship Jack Ketch ... whilst scientist Mika begins discovering the horrifying truth about that ancient technology ostensibly produced by the alien Jain. Meanwhile, for the people of Cull, each day proves a struggle to survive on a planet roamed by ferocious insectile monsters, while they slowly construct the industrial base that may enable them to escape to their forefathers' starship -- still orbiting far above them. But an entity with questionable motives, calling itself Dragon, assists them with genetic by-blows created out of humans and the hideous local monsters. And now the planet itself, for millennia geologically inactive, is increasingly suffering earthquakes ... 'Compelling reading ... Asher has become a resounding and distinctive voice in British SF' SFRevu
