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The Skinner

By: Neal Asher
Narrated by: William Gaminara
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Set in a lethal waterworld where sudden death is a way of life, The Skinner is the first novel in the far-future Spatterjay series by Neal Asher.

The savage ocean planet of Spatterjay draws visitors with very different agendas. Erlin is immortal and seeks a reason to keep living. Janer hosts a hive mind, which paid him to find this planet. And Keech is an agent of Earth who’s been dead for seven hundred years – but still hunts a notorious criminal.

On Spatterjay’s vast waterscapes, only the Old Captains risk the native life forms and their voracious appetites. However, they are now barely human. And somewhere out there Keech’s target – the Skinner – runs wild. Keech pursues the Skinner for atrocities committed in a centuries-past war, fought with the alien Prador. But one of these Prador is fast approaching Spatterjay to exterminate witnesses to his own war crimes. And he won’t spare its visitors.

Continue the science fiction adventure with The Voyage of Sable Keech and Orbus.

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Critic Reviews

His easy style and intriguing plot make for a great story that treats the reader as an adult (The Times)
Crammed full of inventive technology, organic and artificial intelligence, horrible monsters, and a thick mesh of story lines (SFX)
An exhilarating tour through one of the most ingeniously, elaborately deadly worlds since Harry Harrison invented Death World (Locus)
Hurtles along at a high-octane clip . . . In sum: a blast (Kirkus)
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William Gaminara's reading really helps to differentiate & keep track of the many characters & narrative threads, without sounding too "actor-y". Will look for more read by him.

Great performance by the voice artist

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Great book - enjoyed it thoroughly but bloody dingle instead of jungle every single time - arrrrggggh and its the same in the next installment come on

Dingle !!!!!!!!

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A very basic story line, nauseating character development and the emotional content made me retch, it is that awful. Rubbish

Science fiction for young adults

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Great use of the past with future Tech. Concept and story was solid. I felt like 1800s area captain with 25 century tech and opportunity. I'm hooked!

Great Sci

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