标题: 《Polity agent 》作者：- Neal Asher 【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-8-25 09:44 标题: 《Polity agent 》作者：- Neal Asher 【EPUB】 Polity Agent Agent Cormac Book 4 Neal Asher Prologue The Polity is, in terms of human history, a huge and unique political entity. Under the benevolent rule of artificial intelligences it is ever-expanding in the galactic disc. Many see it as a precursor to Utopia, possibly eternal. However, during its initial expansion, artefacts of ancient alien civilizations began to turn up, and to the dismay of the Utopians we've since learned just how small is our dominion. Slowly, evidence has accrued to show that three distinct alien races occupied our portion of the galaxy before us, and now they are gone. It's depressing; reality often is. So, ignoring the other two for the moment, let me concentrate on one of those races. What do we know about those we have named the Jain? Well, very little. The few artefacts remaining of their civilization date back prior to five million years ago, when the Jain obviously became extinct or disappeared. We don't know what they looked like, though there is some suggestion they might have been hot-world aquatic