Shadow of the Scorpion (Novel of the Polity)

Raised To Adulthood During The End Of The War Between The Human Polity And The Vicious Arthropoid Race, The Prador, Ian Cormac Is Haunted By Childhood Memories And The Burden Of Losses He Doesn't Remember. In The Years Following The War He Signs Up With Earth Central Security, To Help Restore And Maintain Order On Worlds Devastated By Prador Bombardment. There He Discovers That Nothing Is As Dangerous As Some Of His Fellow Humans. Amidst The Ruins Left By Wartime Genocides, Ian Discovers In Himself A Cold Capacity For Violence, Learns Some Horrible Truths About His Own Past And, Set Upon A Course Of Vengeance, Tries Merely To Stay Alive. Neal Asher. First Published In The United States Of America By Night Shade Books, Ny.