Neal Asher frågades detta i en AMA (fråga mig något) tråd över på reddit. Hans svar var att det händer efter Linjekrig men före Spatterjay-serien . Därför verkar boken ske före Orbus .
biforcate: Can’t wait to start this new series! Would Line War be the best book to read first to catch up on events before reading The Soldier? (i.e. where does The Soldier fit in the polity timeline?)
nealasher: You could simply pick up Line War and read the last few pages. It fits in about a hundred years after them, when Orlandine has built up a defence sphere around the Jain-infested accretion disc. These events occur neatly between the Cormac series and the Spatterjay trilogy.
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