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A review by skylar2
Shadow of the Scorpion by Neal Asher
4.0
This novel is less about the Prador/human war and more about the events that made Ian Cormac who he is in the later novels.
The novel highlights the Prador social hierarchy, and the use of mind control to create slaves both among Prador children and also among human prisoners.
Asher uses that to compare with the practice among humans of editing out memories, both to create more willing warriors and also unwillingly on children to hide unpleasant truths.
This definitely is a more complex novel than one would suspect at the beginning.
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The novel highlights the Prador social hierarchy, and the use of mind control to create slaves both among Prador children and also among human prisoners.
Asher uses that to compare with the practice among humans of editing out memories, both to create more willing warriors and also unwillingly on children to hide unpleasant truths.
This definitely is a more complex novel than one would suspect at the beginning.