A press release from Night Shade Books:

Neal Asher’s Jupiter War (Owner trilogy, book 3) now availble on all major e-tailers, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble!

Alan Saul is now part-human and part-machine, and our solar system isn’t big enough to hold him. He craves the stars, but can’t leave yet. His sister Var is trapped on Mars, on the wrong side of a rebellion, and Saul’s human side won’t let her die. He must leave Argus Station to stage a dangerous rescue — but mutiny is brewing onboard, as Saul’s robots make his crew feel increasingly redundant. Serene Galahad will do anything to prevent Saul’s escape. Earth’s ruthless dictator hides her crimes from a cowed populace as she readies new warships for pursuit. She aims to crush her enemy in a terrifying display of interstellar violence. Meanwhile, The Scourge limps back to earth, its crew slaughtered, its mission to annihilate Saul a disaster. There are survivors, but while one seeks Galahad’s death, Clay Ruger will negotiate for his life. Events build to a climax as Ruger holds humanity’s greatest prize — seeds to rebuild a dying Earth. This stolen gene-bank data will come at a price, but what will Galahad pay for humanity’s future?

Author Q & A: Neal Asher

Q. With Jupiter War set to release in the US in just a few days, what can we as readers expect?

A. If you are a reader of Jupiter War then I guess you would already have read [[[The Departure]]] and [[[Zero Point]]]. What you can expect is a ramping up of the action and the danger that were steadily growing in those two books. You can also expect further questions of what it means to be human when the human brain is being linked up with computers, and where humans fit in the kind of highly technological society where this is possible – questions we are already facing in some respects now. And you can expect a resolution with this being the last book of this trilogy.

Q. What did your writing process look like, writing Jupiter War?

A. My writing process with Jupiter War was much the same as it is for all my books. I’m not one of these writers who has to plan out a book beforehand and plaster his office with post-it notes. All my plotting happens at the keyboard. You could say I write by the seat of my pants if that wasn’t a physical impossibility, or that I make it all up as I go along, which is what writers do. I sit down at my computer at maybe 8:00AM and edit through whatever I wrote on the previous day. I then simply continue and aim for 2,000 words by the end of my writing day, 10,000 words by the end of a five day week. I of course have to keep checking the previous books for details but don’t let that get too much in the way during the first draft. Once that is finished I then do a lot of editing, checking, deleting and rewriting. I even read the book back from the end a paragraph at a time so as to pick up errors (this method prevents too much involvement with the story). I finally send it off to the publisher when I’m so bored with editing I find myself making alterations just for a bit of excitement.

Q. If you could cast your characters in Jupiter War – The Movie, who would play your characters?

A. This is a question best left to my fans who often discuss such things on Twitter or Facebook. I simply don’t know the names of enough actors to make a selection. However, in the end it has to be who plays the roles the best. Sure, it would be great to have someone like Tom Cruise in a staring role to raise the profile of the film, but he’s always Tom Cruise and not Alan Saul. Some highly enthusiastic unknown might be a better choice. Same applies to directors and producers.

Q. Do you read your reviews? Do you respond to them, good or bad? Whats your advice on how to deal with the bad?

A. I often respond with a thank you to good reviews and I never make the mistake of arguing with a bad review. I’ve written enough books now to have see how heavily subjective it all is. With all my books now I could point to reviews of each saying it is my best book ever or saying it is my worst ever. The way to deal with the bad? Read it an learn something if you can, otherwise ignore it and move on – your book is already out there and there is nothing you can do.

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