Dark Intelligence

Dark Intelligence is a 2015 science fiction novel by Neal Asher.^[1] The story is set in the Polity universe^[1] and focuses on the dark (corrupted) AI Penny Royal. The plot follows several characters, each searching for Penny Royal for different reasons and culminates in a clash around the world of Masada. The plot is closely linked to that of Asher's 2011 novel The Technician. The main protagonist is Thorvald Spear, a new character to Asher's novels, who has been reanimated in a cloned body after his mind storage crystal was recovered over a century after his death.^[2] As the novel develops it becomes clear that Spear's memories have been adjusted allowing the character to serve as an unreliable narrator.

Dark Intelligence

Original cover art for the Macmillan hardback edition
Author	Neal Asher
Cover artist	Jon Sullivan
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Publication date	29 January 2015[1]
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback, paperback), eBook
Pages	400[1]
ISBN	978-1-4472-6002-8