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The Skinner
The Skinner
Author: Neal Asher
To the remote planet 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 seven hundred years - has unfinished business with a notorious criminal. Spatterjay is a watery world where the human population i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780330512527
ISBN-10: 0330512528
Publication Date: 10/2/2009
Pages: 300
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4 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Tor
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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I found the book very different and quite entertaining. This is a character driven novel in a unique world. A kind of Captain Jack Sparrow meets aliens and predators of varying appetites. The characters were well layered and interesting. Even side charaters were fleshed out well. There is this one dead guy on a mission...
Not for the squeamish, didn't make you think deep thoughts, no moralizing or preaching. More like a great roller coaster ride than a trip through the enchanted kingdom. I've already ordered two more by Asher.


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