War Factory (Transformation, Band 2)

ONE WILL SEEK JUDGEMENT,
WHILE ANOTHER FACES DAMNATION

Thorvald Spear is drowning in dark memories that aren't his own. Penny Royal, rogue artificial intelligence, has linked Spear with the stored personalities of its victims. And even if this signals a wish for redemption, Spear needs to destroy it. He feels the anger of the dead, and shares their pain.

As Spear hunts the AI across a hostile starscape, he has company. Sverl, an alien prador, has been warped by Penny Royal and hungers to confront it. Sverl's prador enemies aren't far behind either. They plan to use his transition to prove human meddling, triggering a devastating new war. Clues indicate Penny Royal's bound for the defective war factory that made it. So allies and enemies converge - heading for the biggest firestorm that sector of space has seen.

PRAISE FOR THE SERIES

'Asher rocks . . . a vivid future'
David Brin

'Asher is a modern master of Sci-Fi'
Starburst

'Beautifully paced . . . a high peak of craftsmanship'
Publishers Weekly, starred review