<p><b>A high-octane sci-fi adventure, <i>Jack Four </i>is a standalone novel set in Neal Asher's acclaimed Polity Universe. Thrilling and fast-paced, it's perfect for fans of Alastair Reynolds and Stephen Baxter.</b><br><br><b>Created to die &ndash; determined to live . . .</b><br><br>Jack Four &ndash; one of twenty human clones &ndash; has been created to be sold. His purchasers are the alien prador want him for one thing: their experimentation program. But there is something different about Jack.<br><br>The prador&rsquo;s king has been mutated by the Spatterjay virus into a monstrous creature, along with his children. They were infected by the virus during the last humans-versus-prador war, now lapsed into an uneasy truce. But the prador are always looking for new weapons &ndash; and their experimentation program might give them the edge they seek.<br><br>Suzeal trades human slaves out of the Stratogaster Space Station. She thinks the rewards are worth the risks, but all that is about to change. The Station was once a zoo, containing monsters from across known space. All the monsters now dwell on the planet below, but they aren&rsquo;t as contained as they seem. And a vengeful clone may be the worst danger of all . . .<br><br><b>&lsquo;Neal Asher&rsquo;s books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain&rsquo; &ndash; John Scalzi, author of the Old Man&rsquo;s War series</b><br><br><b>'Magnificently awesome. Then Asher turns it up to eleven' &ndash; Peter F. Hamilton, author of <i>Salvation</i>, on Asher's <i>The Soldier </i></b></p>