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The skinner

Neal L. Asher

2002300 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2002
first published
  • 2004Tor · 473 pages · ENGISBN 9780765307378
  • 2018TorISBN 9781509868438
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  • 2005Tor Science Fiction · 432 pagesISBN 9780765350480
  • 2009Palgrave Macmillan Ltd · 300 pagesISBN 9780330484343
  • Tor Books · ENGISBN 9780330512527

To the remote planet of Spatterjay come three travellers with very different missions. Janer is directed there by the hornet Hive-mind; Erlin comes to find the sea captain who can teach her to live; and Keech - dead for 700 years - has unfinished business with a notorious criminal.

How it feels

AtmosphereCosmic

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

When and where

PlaceOcean
ThemesScience
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