Paperback, 448 pages
en-Latn-GB language
Published Jan. 1, 2021 by Tor.
Jack Four
by Neal Asher
- ISBN:
- 9781529049985
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He knows he won’t survive captivity. And the only way to get even is to get out.
Jack Four is one of twenty human clones, created to be sold. His purchaser is the alien prador king, who wants to expend him in combat. However, no clone should possess the secrets hidden in Jack’s head — and they could help him escape.
The prador king has been horribly mutilated by the Spatterjay virus. But the prador will use any weapon against humanity, even during a truce with the Polity, so they’ve infected a human. Now this experiment has broken free to rampage through the king’s ship. Jack will have to face the prador and this creature to break out. Yet he craves revenge as much as freedom. He’s resolved to take down the slaver who sold him — and soon he’s a man with a plan and a missile launcher. What …
He knows he won’t survive captivity. And the only way to get even is to get out.
Jack Four is one of twenty human clones, created to be sold. His purchaser is the alien prador king, who wants to expend him in combat. However, no clone should possess the secrets hidden in Jack’s head — and they could help him escape.
The prador king has been horribly mutilated by the Spatterjay virus. But the prador will use any weapon against humanity, even during a truce with the Polity, so they’ve infected a human. Now this experiment has broken free to rampage through the king’s ship. Jack will have to face the prador and this creature to break out. Yet he craves revenge as much as freedom. He’s resolved to take down the slaver who sold him — and soon he’s a man with a plan and a missile launcher. What could possibly go wrong?