Order of Neal Asher Books
Neal Asher is an English author of science fiction novels. He is the author of the Rise of the Jain series, the Agent Cormac series, the Novel of the Polity series, and the Jack Four series.
Asher lives in both Essex and Crete, dividing his time. He grew up as the son of two educators and science fiction fans, finding the genre at a young age. Neal actually first wrote speculative fiction in secondary school, but didn’t start on the path to becoming a writing until he was 25. His first short story was published in 1989. However, he wouldn’t have his first novel published until 2001 with the release of Gridlinked.
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Publication Order of Agent Cormac Books
| Gridlinked | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Line Of Polity | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Brass Man | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Polity Agent | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Line War | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Dark Diamond Books
| Dark Diamond | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Owner Trilogy Books
| The Departure | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Zero Point | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jupiter War | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The standalone novel World Walkers is connected to the Owner Trilogy series. | ||
Publication Order of Polity Universe Books
| Prador Moon | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hilldiggers | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadow of the Scorpion | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Technician | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| War Bodies | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Far Future Polity Books
| The Bosch | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Jack Four Books
| Jack Four | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Weaponized | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Polity Collections
| The Engineer Reconditioned | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Runcible Tales | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Gabble And Other Stories | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Rise of the Jain Books
| The Soldier | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Warship | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Human | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Spatterjay Books
| The Skinner | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Voyage of the Sable Keech | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Orbus | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Transformation Books
| Dark Intelligence | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| War Factory | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Infinity Engine | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Cowl | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jenny Trapdoor | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| World Walkers | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Collections
| The Engineer | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mason's Rats | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Conflicts | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Owning the Future | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lockdown Tales | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lockdown Tales 2 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fantastical | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Africa Zero | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Snow in the Desert | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mindgames: Fool's Mate | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Story Behind the Book | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Year's Best SF Anthology Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
If You Like Neal Asher Books, You’ll Love…
The Soldier is the first book in the Rise of the Jain series. The book takes place in a far corner of space on the borders between humanity’s Polity worlds and the kingdom of the vicious crab-like prador. Here there is a threat to both races: a accretion disc which is a solar system designed by the Jain race that has enough technology to destroy entire civilizations. The two civilizations want to keep control of the technology away from the other so they put a third party in charge of protecting it.
The Agent Cormac series begins with Gridlinked. The story begins with the runcible buffers on Samarkand being mysteriously sabotaged. The act kills thousands and destroys a terraforming project. Agent Cormac is sent by ship to investigate what happened. However, he is not the only one heading that way as he earned the wrath of a psychopath named Pelter who is following him. Cormac will begin to investigate, discovering two alien beast, as he has to fight off the fury of Pelter. Cormac will need to rescue the Samarkand project will also trying to protect his own life.