One man will transcend death
to seek vengeance

Thorvald Spear wakes in hospital, resurrected after a war that ended a century ago. Spear had been trapped on a planet, surrounded by alien Prador - and the last thing he recalls is a rescue ship. Then he and his squad were killed by Penny Royal, the ship's artificial intelligence gone rogue. And it's still out there, so Spear vows to hunt it down.

First he must find Isobel Santini. She ran a successful crime syndicate, before she paid Penny Royal for upgrades to make her part-AI. But they're turning her into a monster instead, so she helps Spear locate his target - until he also earns her wrath. As she evolves into the ultimate predator, will she turn Spear from hunter to hunted?

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