Shadow of the Scorpion: A Novel of the Polity (Polity Series, Book 3)

Blurb

Shadow of the Scorpion is a novel by Neal Asher, published by the Macmillan Publishers imprint Tor Books in 2008. The novel introduces Ian Cormac and is therefore a prequel. The novel skips between Cormac's first mission for the ECS and his upbringing as a child.