Brass Man

In Neal Asher's "Brass Man," the third novel in the Agent Cormac series, a resurrected killing machine named Mr Crane is sent on a perilous mission on the volatile planet Cull. As he faces dangerous creatures and desperate human settlers, mysterious motives and old enemies threaten to challenge both his mission and his mind. The story explores themes of survival, memory, and the true nature of the entity known as Dragon, all set against a richly imagined sci-fi backdrop.