The Line of Polity

Agent Cormac is dispatched to investigate the destruction of Outlink station Miranda, an incident that points to the alien bioconstruct Dragon. His mission takes him to Masada, a perilous world on the brink of being absorbed into the Polity. Cormac must navigate Masada's deadly, airless wilderness, where a rogue biophysicist, Skellor, wields a power so dangerous that even Polity AIs are desperate to stop him, all while facing monstrous local creatures.