Reading Order
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Start with Prador Moon and continue through all 5 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with Prador Moon
Book 1 by Neal Asher • Published 2006
First contact between the AI-run Polity and the crab-like prador goes catastrophically wrong. As dreadnoughts tear through human space, an unlikely pair of heroes fights to turn disaster into the first real victory, w...
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Polity Universe reading order
Ends with War Bodies
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Book 1:Prador Moon
Neal Asher • 2006
First contact between the AI-run Polity and the crab-like prador goes catastrophically wrong. As dreadnoughts tear through human space, an unlikely pair of heroes fights to turn disaster into the first real victory, w...
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Book 2:Hilldiggers
Neal Asher • 2007
Two adapted human cultures have fought a century-long war in a remote system, using planet-cracking warships called hilldiggers. As peace and Polity contact arrive, old secrets about an alien artefact, four unusual si...
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Book 3:Shadow of the Scorpion
Neal Asher • 2008
Set before *Gridlinked*, this prequel follows a young Ian Cormac through his first ECS deployments in the shattered aftermath of the prador war. Haunted by gaps in his childhood memories and a sinister war drone, he l...
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Book 4:The Technician
Neal Asher • 2010
Twenty years after the fall of Masada’s Theocracy, a bone-sculpting alien hooder known as the Technician is terrifying colonists. Jeremiah Tombs, the only survivor of a past encounter, may hold crucial knowledge burie...
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Book 5:War Bodies
Neal Asher • 2023
On a world ruled by the machine-obsessed Cyberat, implanted human Piper was raised as a weapon and then cast aside. When his parents are seized and rebellion ignites, he must decide whether the hardware in his bones i...
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Polity Universe FAQ
What is the best order to read the Polity Universe series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Prador Moon.
How many books are in the Polity Universe series?
There are 5 books currently listed in the Polity Universe series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Polity Universe series?
New readers should start with Prador Moon, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Polity Universe series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2006 to 2023.