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    Snow in the Desert (Short Reads)
    Snow in the Desert (Short Reads)
    Snow in the Desert (Short Reads)
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    Snow in the Desert (Short Reads)

    By Neal Asher

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    Now featured as part of the Love Death + Robots series on Netflix

    Snow in the Desert is compelling, brutal and lingers long after the final word: the perfect introduction to Neal Asher’s Polity universe fiction.

    In the parched, arid wastes of this far-flung Polity world, Snow is being hunted. With a prize on his head and his life in danger, trust is a luxury he can’t afford. Hirald, pale and deadly in the blistering heat, is an ambiguous presence. But who is she? What does she want from him?

    Mankind has sought Snow’s secret for thousands of years, and blood will flow in the desert before it’s revealed.

    Neal Asher is the author of many full-length novels, including Jack Four, The Soldier, Dark Intelligence, The Departure, The Skinner and Gridlinked.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPan Macmillan
    Release dateDec 2, 2011
    ISBN9781447215394
    Snow in the Desert (Short Reads)
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    Neal Asher

    Neal Asher divides his time between Essex and Crete, mostly at a keyboard and mentally light years away. His full-length novels are as follows. First is the Agent Cormac series: Gridlinked, The Line of Polity, Brass Man, Polity Agent and Line War. Next comes the Spatterjay series: The Skinner, The Voyage of the Sable Keech and Orbus. Also set in the same world of the Polity are these standalone novels: Hilldiggers, Prador Moon, Shadow of the Scorpion, The Technician, Jack Four and Weaponized. The Transformation trilogy is also based in the Polity: Dark Intelligence, War Factory and Infinity Engine. Set in a dystopian future are The Departure, Zero Point and Jupiter War, while Cowl takes us across time. The Rise of the Jain trilogy is comprised of The Soldier, The Warship and The Human, and is also set in the Polity universe.

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    • 3/5
      Sadly all the characters were left unlovable compared to Netflix reboot...
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      People who are trying to kill you get upset when you shoot back. If you don't meet anyone else it's hard not to feel lonely.
    • 3/5
      Snow is an albino with a missing hand and a genetic secret. Sex is one way of extracting his dna but bounty hunters and local law enforcement are also after him (or rather certain organs). He is sprung from captivity by an enigmatic woman, who flees with him into a waterless desert...Lots of dead bodies ensue and there is a neat resolution.

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