Infinity Engine is the third & final novel in the Transformation series by bestselling science fiction author Neal Asher following Dark Intelligence & War Factory A man battles for his life two AIs vie for supremacy & a civilization hangs in the balance Several forces now pursue rogue artificial intelligence Penny Royal hungry for revenge or redemption & the Brockle is the most dangerous of all This criminal swarm-robot AI has escaped confinement & is upgrading itself becoming ever more powerful in anticipation of a showdown Events also escalate aboard the war factory Here Thorvald Spear alien prador & an assassin drone struggle to stay alive battling insane AIs & technology gone wild Then the Weaver arrives
- last remnant of a race that died out two million years ago But what could it contribute to Penny Royal's tortuous plans? And beyond the war factory a black hole conceals a tantalizing secret which could destroy the Polity As AIs humans & prador clash at its boundary will anything survive their explosive final confrontation?