Dark Diamond

Name: Dark Diamond
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Neal Asher
ISBN: 9798855529364

Author: Neal Asher

Series: Dark Diamond

Narrator: Paul Woodson

Unabridged: 24 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/18/2025

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Doomed to die. And die again.Captain Blite knows that someone, or something, is trying to kill him. But a device he possesses, known only as the dark diamond, won't let that happen. After surviving a series of catastrophic accidents and assassination attempts, Blite realizes that whenever he dies the dark diamond reverses time to a moment before his death. He must go through the traumatic experience again and again until he escapes . . .Every encounter Blite survives generates a time flash which reveals potential futures. This extraordinary phenomenon attracts the attention of Polity agents and the crab-like p-Prador who wish to acquire this power for themselves. Hunted across space and time, Blite must uncover the true nature of the dark diamond before it causes his destruction . . .

About Neal Asher

Neal Asher divides his time between Essex and Crete, mostly at a keyboard and mentally light-years away. His full-length novels are the Agent Cormac series: Gridlinked, The Line of Polity, Brass Man, Polity Agent and Line War. The Spatterjay series: The Skinner The Voyage of the Sable Keech and Orbus. Set in the same Polity are: Hilldiggers, PradorMoon, Shadow of the Scorpion, The Technician, and also the Transformation trilogy: Dark Intelligence, War Factory and Infinity Engine. In a dystopian future are: The Departure, Zero Point and Jupiter War, while Cowl takes us across time. The Soldier, the first book in the Rise of the Jain series, returns to the Polity.

Reviews

Goodreads review by stephen m newberg on May 31, 2025

Somewhat disappointing. Asher used to do really fine work. About half a dozen books ago or so he started just phoning it in. This most recent start of a new group is better than that last half dozen, but only a bit. He keep sticking to characters that have been along for the ride forever and trying......more

Goodreads review by Reuben on November 15, 2025

Dark Diamond is a stellar return to the Polity universe… fast-paced, richly layered, and packed with the high-concept tech and brutal action Asher fans expect. What stood out most for me was the return of familiar characters who’ve shaped this universe in critical ways. Seeing them back in action ad......more

Goodreads review by Adah on May 04, 2025

The novel was longer than I expected but I enjoyed it. All major characters made the novel to be worth my time......more

Goodreads review by Owen on April 23, 2025

bloody amazing - Asher back to his best! riveting reading from cover to cover - and very excited that its the first in a trilogy!......more

Goodreads review by Jesse on April 30, 2026

It was interesting at first. The setting was a mix of classic space opera and AI futurism, which was new to me. After a few hundred pages, I realized the setting was just a tool for the author to write one continuous overly-masculine fantasy action sequences. There was a point, early in the book, whe......more