Zero Point may be the second reserve in Neal Asher’s near-future, research fiction Owner series.

Earth’s Zero Asset citizens no longer face extermination. Thanks to Alan Saul, the Committee’s despotic network is in ruins and its robotic enforcers lay dormant. But the ruthless Serene Galahad sees a chance to get power. On Mars, Var Delex battles for Antares Base’s success, as the Argus Space Station hurtles on the red planet. And Var understands whomever, or whatever, trashed Earth continues to be aboard. She must not only save the base, but deal with the first indicators of rebellion. And aboard Argus Station, Alan Saul’s brain has expanded into the local computer network. In the process, he uncovers the ghastly experiments from the Humanoid Unit Development, the possibility of eternal existence, and a madman who may hold the keys to interstellar trip. But Earth’s agencies are closer than Saul feels, and the killing will soon start.