The Technician
The Technician by Neal Asher is a first edition published by Tor in 2010, featuring 502 pages in English. This science fiction narrative unfolds in a world where the Theocracy has been dismantled for two decades, leaving the Polity in control of Masada. The story centers on Jeremiah Tombs, a man grappling with his past and the consequences of a rebellion that has left him in a state of unresolved insanity. As he confronts the remnants of his former life, he becomes a target for the Tidy Squad, a group of rebels still embittered by the changes in their society.
Readers will find a complex interplay of characters and themes as the war drone Amistad and ex-rebel Commander Lief Grant work to protect Tombs, who may hold crucial information about an alien race’s demise. The narrative also introduces the enigmatic AI Penny Royal and the amphidapt Chanter, who has insights into the Technician’s haunting creations. As the plot unfolds, a dormant threat in deep space begins to awaken, adding urgency to the quest for truth. This edition offers a detailed exploration of rebellion, identity, and the consequences of past actions within a richly constructed science fiction setting.
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The Theocracy has been dead for twenty years, and the Polity rules on Masada. But the Tidy Squad consists of rebels who cannot accept the new order. Their hate for surviving theocrats is undiminished, and the iconic Jeremiah Tombs is at the top of their hitlist. Escaping his sanatorium Tombs is pushed into painful confrontation with reality he has avoided since the rebellion. His insanity has been left uncured, because the near mythical hooder called the Technician that attacked him all those years ago, did something to his mind even the AIs fail to understand. Tombs might possess information about the suicide of an entire alien race. The war drone Amistad, whose job it is to bring this information to light, recruits Lief Grant, an ex-rebel Commander, to protect Tombs, along with the black AI Penny Royal, who everyone thought was dead. The amphidapt Chanter, who has studied the bone sculptures the Technician makes with the remains of its prey, might be useful too. Meanwhile, in deep space, the mechanism the Atheter used to reduce themselves to animals, stirs from slumber and begins to power-up its weapons.
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