Owner Trilogy

3 books in series
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The Departure Summary

The Departure is the first gripping book in Neal Asher's near-future, science fiction Owner seriesThe Departure is the first audiobook in Neal Asher's near-future, science fiction Owner series.

The Argus Space Station looks down on a nightmarish Earth. And from this safe distance, the Committee enforces its despotic rule. There are too many people and too few resources, and they need twelve billion to die before Earth can be stabilized. So corruption is rife, people starve, and the poor are policed by mechanized overseers and identity reader guns. Citizens already fear the brutal Inspectorate with its pain inducers. But to reach its goals, the Committee will unleash satellite laser weaponry, taking carnage to a new level.

This is the world Alan Saul wakes to, travelling in a crate destined for the Calais incinerator. How he got there he doesn’t know, but he remembers pain and his tormentor’s face. He also has company: Janus, a rogue intelligence inhabiting forbidden hardware in his skull. As Janus shows Saul an Earth stripped of hope, he resolves to annihilate the Committee and their regime. Once he’s discovered who he was, and killed his interrogator...

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Product list
  • Book 1

    • Owner Trilogy, Book 1
    • By: Neal Asher
    • Narrated by: Peter Noble
    • Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 436 ratings

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  • Book 2

    • Owner Trilogy, Book 2
    • By: Neal Asher
    • Narrated by: Peter Noble
    • Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 242 ratings

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  • Book 3

    • Owner Trilogy, Book 3
    • By: Neal Asher
    • Narrated by: Peter Noble
    • Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 246 ratings

    Regular price: £12.99 or 1 Credit

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