Jack Four 1-2 (Jack Four, Weaponized) - Neal Asher

Written by Neal Asher
Read by Nathaniel Priestley, Peter Noble
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 34:27

Book 1 ● Jack Four ● Nathaniel Priestley ● 14:06

Created to die—determined to live. Jack Four—one of 20 human clones—has been created to be sold. His purchasers are the alien prador, and they only want him for their experimentation program. But there is something different about Jack. No clone should possess the knowledge that’s been loaded into his mind. And no normal citizen of humanity’s Polity worlds would have this information. The prador’s king has been mutated by the Spatterjay virus into a creature even more monstrous than the prador themselves. And his children, the King’s Guard, have undergone similar changes. 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—and their experimentation program might give them the edge they seek. Suzeal trades human slaves out of the Stratogaster Space Station, re-engineering them to serve the prador. 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’t as contained as they seem. And a vengeful clone may be the worst danger of all.

Book 2 ● Weaponized ● Peter Noble ● 20:21

With the advent of new AI technology, Polity citizens now possess incredible lifespans. Yet they struggle to find meaning in their longevity, seeking danger and novelty in their increasingly mundane lives. On a mission to find a brighter future for humanity, ex-soldier Ursula fosters a colony on the hostile planet Threpsis. Here, survival isn’t a given, and colonists thrive without their AI guidance. But when deadly alien raptors appear, Ursula and her companions find themselves forced to adapt in unprecedented ways. And they will be pushed to the very brink of what it means to be human. As a desperate battle rages across the planet, Ursula must dig deep into her past if she is to save humanity’s future.

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“Neal Asher’s books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain” —John Scalzi

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Jack Four 1 - Jack Four (2021)
Jack Four 2 - Weaponized (2022)

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