Gridlinked
Aug 2009 · Agent Cormac Book 1 · Pan Macmillan
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The hunter becomes the hunted in Gridlinked, the first sci-fi thriller in Neal Asher's compelling Agent Cormac series.
When a portal to other planets explodes on Samarkand, thousands are killed and a terraforming project is obliterated. Earth Central Security suspects sabotage – and assigns a legendary investigator. But Agent Ian Cormac has his own problems. Years spent mentally linked to the Polity’s AI network have eroded his humanity, and this gridlink has to be severed or he’ll die. Without it, he has only his wits (and Shuriken, a throwing star with a mind of its own) to rely on.
Cormac’s disastrous last mission also haunts him – as a psychopath and a murderous android track him across the galaxy, seeking revenge. Meanwhile, the ice-bound planet of Samarkand hides deadly secrets beneath its surface . . . secrets Cormac is about to disturb.
Gridlinked is followed by The Line of Polity, the second title in the Agent Cormac series.
When a portal to other planets explodes on Samarkand, thousands are killed and a terraforming project is obliterated. Earth Central Security suspects sabotage – and assigns a legendary investigator. But Agent Ian Cormac has his own problems. Years spent mentally linked to the Polity’s AI network have eroded his humanity, and this gridlink has to be severed or he’ll die. Without it, he has only his wits (and Shuriken, a throwing star with a mind of its own) to rely on.
Cormac’s disastrous last mission also haunts him – as a psychopath and a murderous android track him across the galaxy, seeking revenge. Meanwhile, the ice-bound planet of Samarkand hides deadly secrets beneath its surface . . . secrets Cormac is about to disturb.
Gridlinked is followed by The Line of Polity, the second title in the Agent Cormac series.
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September 17, 2023
Precious little plot across the 400-odd pages, lots of unexplained details, and open questions, and the title condition "being gridlinked" is pretty much superfluous (see below). I guess you'd need to read the sequel to get to the bottom of it... The lead charakter used to be grindlinked - i.e. effectively had a smartphone hardwired into his brain for 30 years - but gets that removed/unplugged at the start of the novel. So from then on he has to verbally ask people for information of google manually... My suspicion is that the author found it easier to hint at a pretty useful future technology (which is ubiquitous by now, except for the in-brain bit) , and to then remove that again so that he doesn't have to think it through to the end...
Fran Hemsell
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October 24, 2015
So, is Cormac human after all? And where did Mister Crane pop up from? Psych-droid Manufacturing Inc?
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Joseph Mccrone
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April 21, 2017
See above
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About the author
Neal Asher was born in Billericay, Essex, and divides his time between here and Crete. His previous full-length novels include Gridlinked, The Skinner, The Line of Polity, Cowl, Brass Man, The Voyage of the Sable Keech, Hilldiggers, Prador Moon, Line War, Shadow of the Scorpion, Orbus and The Technician, The Departure, Zero Point and Jupiter War, and the Transformation trilogy, Dark Intelligence, War Factory and Infinity Engine.
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