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Dark Diamond: A Time's Shadow Book 1

By: Neal Asher
Narrated by: Peter Noble
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Summary

Doomed to die. And die again.

Dark Diamond is the first in a high-octane space opera trilogy from Neal Asher, creator of the Polity universe.

Captain Blite knows that someone, or something, is trying to kill him. But a device he possesses, known only as the dark diamond, won't let that happen. After surviving a series of catastrophic accidents and assassination attempts, Blite realizes that whenever he dies the dark diamond reverses time to a moment before his death. He must go through the traumatic experience again and again until he escapes.

Every encounter Blite survives generates a time flash which reveals potential futures. This extraordinary phenomenon attracts the attention of Polity agents and the crab-like p-Prador who wish to acquire this power for themselves. Hunted across space and time, Blite must uncover the true nature of the dark diamond before it causes his destruction . . .

Praise for Neal Asher

'Neal Asher's books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly at the brain' – John Scalzi, author of Old Man's War

'Non-stop action and unimaginable stakes' – Yoon Ha Lee on The Soldier

'Imaginative, energetic and insane' – SFX on Brass Man

 Adventure Science Fiction

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Lots of returning characters. Great plot. If you've read/listened to his other Polity novels, you will really enjoy this one. Can't wait for the next in the series.

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no story at all just one action scene after another. lots of different characters with lots of action going on .I don't who is who what they are doing and how they got there .the author explains nothing to me
this is not a peter Hamilton type story

no story line

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I love sci fi. I have listened to all of Hamilton and much lighter. This book has explained none of the characters. I do not know who each chapter is on and the story is just action scene after actions scene. Would skip this.

Nothing explained

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No narrative to follow, just action scenes and no story. I am 10 chapters in and can’t bear to listen to any more.

1st book in over 300 titles I have abandoned.

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