The Polity Universe
Neal Asher
18 books
Neal Asher's Polity is one of the richest settings in contemporary science fiction: a far-future human civilisation governed by vast AIs, threatened by ancient alien predators called Prador, and populated by characters who are wonderfully strange. The universe spans multiple interlocking sub-series with high-octane action, inventive biotech horror, and genuine philosophical weight. Readers who love hard Sci-Fi with monster-movie energy will be hooked immediately.
Reading Order
- 1.Buy
Gridlinked
Best entry point — introduces the Polity universe through Ian Cormac
- 2.Buy
The Line of Polity
- 3.Buy
Brass Man
- 4.Buy
Polity Agent
- 5.Buy
Line War
- 6.Buy
Prador Moon
Best read here once you know the universe
- 7.Buy
Shadow of the Scorpion
- 8.Buy
Hilldiggers
- 9.Buy
The Technician
- 10.Buy
Dark Intelligence
- 11.Buy
War Factory
- 12.Buy
Infinity Engine
- 13.Buy
The Soldier
- 14.Buy
The Warship
- 15.Buy
The Human
- 16.Buy
Jack Four
- 17.Buy
Weaponised
- 18.Buy
Orbus