The Voyage of the Sable Keech

Hardcover, 512 pages

Published Feb. 17, 2006 by Tor.

ISBN:
978-1-4050-0140-3
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Neal Asher now has a fairly long catalogue of science fiction thrillers to his name. They are not attempts to examine political or social or philosophical questions or to investigate "the human condition." They are entertainments. This is neither the best nor the worst of them.

Asher takes us back to the wet and violent world of Spatterjay, first encountered in Skinner, where a virus with astonishing properties infects every type of animal and confers on them longevity and the ability to survive extreme injury. The virus also infects the the human population of the planet, to the same result, but with serious side effects that must be kept under control.

The plot involves many of the characters from Skinner and though not essential, reading Skinner first will certainly confer greater enjoyment of this sequel. I found it to be a weaker story than Skinner provides, too, perhaps because I …

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