The Voyage of the Sable Keech is a 2006 science fiction novel by Neal Asher. It is the second novel in the Spatterjay sequence.
Author | Neal Asher |
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Cover artist | Steve Rawlings |
Language | English |
Series | Spatterjay sequence |
Genre | Science fiction novel |
Publisher | Tor |
Publication date | 2006 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 584 |
ISBN | 978-0-330-41160-8 |
OCLC | 62344465 |
Preceded by | The Skinner |
Followed by | Orbus |
The story takes place on the planet of Spatterjay, a world where the oceans are teeming with dangerous creatures and the humans who live there are infected with a virus that grants them immortality.
The protagonist, Taylor Bloc, is a walking dead man who wants to live again and will do anything to get adulation, power and control. An ancient hive mind has sent an agent to this uncertain world.