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!!!The ''Spatterjay t''rilogy:

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# ''War Bodies'' (2022)

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# ''War Bodies'' (2022)
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# ''The Gabble and Other Stories''

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# ''The Gabble and Other Stories''Stories'' (2008)



# ''JackFour'' (2021)

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# ''JackFour'' ''Jack Four'' (2021)

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!!!Other novels within this setting include:

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\n!!!Other novels within this setting include:# ''Shadow of the Scorpion'' (2008) (a {{Prequel}})

!!!The ''Spatterjay t''rilogy:



# ''Prador Moon'' (2006)



# ''Hilldiggers'' (2007)
# ''Shadow of the Scorpion'' (2008)



# ''The Technician'' (2010)

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# ''The Technician'' (2010)
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!!!''The Rise of the Jain'' trilogy


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!!!Standalone novels in the Polity:
# ''Prador Moon'' (2006)
# ''Hilldiggers'' (2007)
# ''The Gabble and Other Stories''
# ''The Technician'' (2010)
# ''JackFour'' (2021)
# ''Weaponized'' (2022)
# ''War Bodies'' (2022)
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* SubspaceOrHyperspace: Called underspace or simply "u-space."
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* TheUsualAdversaries: If there's trouble in the Polity, Jain tech is sure to be involved.
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* FesteringFungus: When dormant, Jain technology exists in fungal form, its smallest unit referred to as mycelium.
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* TheCorruption: Jain Technology functions like this, being a biomechanical superweapon.

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* LightWorlder: A subset of humans have adapted to life in zero-g through a combination of generations living in space and genetic engineering. They are almost impossibly thin with rather delicate skeletons and can even survive in a vacuum for a limited time without a suit.


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** [[spoiler:Erebus believes this applies to organic life as Jain technology corrupts them but has enhanced itself and its AI partners/slaves. Pity about the fact that Erebus needed humans to even get a basic interface with the Jain tech going.]]

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** [[spoiler:Erebus believes this applies to organic life as Jain technology corrupts them but has enhanced itself and its AI partners/slaves. Pity about the fact that Erebus needed humans to even get a basic interface with the Jain tech going. One of the humans used still lives on inside the Erebus hivemind, causing Erebus trouble and contributing to it's eventual downfall by sabotaging it from within during major battles.]]
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[[folder:Books in this series]]
The Cormac or Polity novels which form the core are:
* ''Gridlinked'' (2001)
* ''The Line of Polity'' (2003)
* ''Brass Man'' (2005)
* ''Polity Agent'' (2006)
* ''Line War'' (2008)

Other novels within this setting include:
* ''The Skinner'' (2002)
* ''Prador Moon'' (2006)
* ''Voyage of the Sable Keech'' (2006)
* ''Hilldiggers'' (2007)
* ''Shadow of the Scorpion'' (2008)
* ''Orbus'' (2009)
* ''The Technician'' (2010)
* ''Dark Intelligence'' (2015)
* ''War Factory'' (2016)
* ''Infinity Engine'' (2017)
* ''The Soldier'' (2018)
* ''The Warship'' (2019)
* ''The Human'' (2020)
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!!!The Cormac or Polity novels which form the core are:
* # ''Gridlinked'' (2001)
* # ''The Line of Polity'' (2003)
* # ''Brass Man'' (2005)
* # ''Polity Agent'' (2006)
* # ''Line War'' (2008)

Other !!!Other novels within this setting include:
* # ''The Skinner'' (2002)
* # ''Prador Moon'' (2006)
* # ''Voyage of the Sable Keech'' (2006)
* # ''Hilldiggers'' (2007)
* # ''Shadow of the Scorpion'' (2008)
* # ''Orbus'' (2009)
* # ''The Technician'' (2010)
* # ''Dark Intelligence'' (2015)
* # ''War Factory'' (2016)
* # ''Infinity Engine'' (2017)
* # ''The Soldier'' (2018)
* # ''The Warship'' (2019)
* # ''The Human'' (2020)
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[[caption-width-right:350:A typical cover.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:The series' timeline. See full version [[http://theskinner.blogspot.com/2016/09/polity-timelines.html here]].]]



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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: When two Runcible connected planets are under threat by vastly superior Prador warships, Moria Salem defends them by [[spoiler: hacking a Runcible to fling a moon at them at relativistic speeds]].

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