{"product_id":"the-skinner-the-first-spatterjay-novel","title":"The Skinner: The First Spatterjay Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the mind of Neal Asher, world-renown author of more than 20 books and nominee for both the Philip K. Dick and the British Fantasy Society awards, comes a new action-filled science fiction Polity epic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree visitors arrive on one of the most unique (and deadly) worlds science fiction has ever seen, in the start of a classic Polity series from Neal Asher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Spatterjay . . . where sudden death is the normal way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the remote planet Spatterjay arrive three travelers: Janer, acting as the eyes of a hornet Hive mind; Erlin, a xenobiologist searching for an ancient sea captain; and Sable Keech, who himself has been dead for 700 years. On this ocean world, visitors are rare, and the native hoopers—humans infected with a local virus that renders them nearly invincible, though at monstrous cost—patrol the open seas, risking the voracious appetites of the planet’s deadly wildlife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomewhere out there is Spatterjay Hoop, the last member of a band of pirates, whose many years spent on the planet have transformed him into a grotesque monster. And a vicious alien prador is about to pay Spatterjay a visit as well, intent on extermination. As the visitors’ paths converge, major hell is about to erupt in a chaotic waterscape where minor hell is already a remorseless fact of everyday life . . . and death.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantastic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50650550632734,"sku":"9781597809870","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/4018\/5118\/files\/9781597809870.jpg?v=1772089655","url":"https:\/\/readfoldedcorner.com\/products\/the-skinner-the-first-spatterjay-novel","provider":"Folded Corner Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}