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Shadow of the Scorpion
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Wikipedia article
'Shadow of the Scorpion' is a novel by Neal Asher, published by the Macmillan Publishers imprint Tor Books in 2008. The novel introduces Ian Cormac and is therefore a prequel. The novel skips between Cormac's first mission for the ECS (Earth Central Security) and his upbringing as a child.
Planets
* Earth
* Hagren, the setting of the majority of the book
* Patience, the setting of the conclusion of the book
Spaceships
* 'Pearl' - AI controlled Polity transport.
* 'The Sadist' - An AI controlled attack ship.
Characters
* Amistad
* Yallow
* Ian Cormac
* Carl
* Spencer
* Dax Cormac (Ian's older brother)
*Hannah Cormac (Dax and Ian's mother)
* Gorman
* Travis
* Crean
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