Shadow of the Scorpion

Shadow of the Scorpion is a novel by Neal Asher, published by the Macmillan Publishers imprint Tor Books in 2008. The novel introduces Ian Cormac and is therefore a prequel. The novel skips between Cormac's first mission for the ECS (Earth Central Security) and his upbringing as a child.

Planets

 * Earth
 * Hagren, the setting of the majority of the book
 * Patience, the setting of the conclusion of the book

Spaceships

 * Pearl - AI controlled Polity transport.
 * The Sadist - An AI controlled attack ship.

Characters

 * Amistad
 * Yallow
 * Ian Cormac
 * Carl
 * Spencer
 * Dax Cormac (Ian's older brother)
 * Hannah Cormac (Dax and Ian's mother)
 * Gorman
 * Travis
 * Crean