| Shadow of the Scorpion | |
| Cover Artist: | Steve Rawlings |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ian Cormac |
| Genre: | Science fiction novel |
| Release Date: | 2008 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages: | 296 |
| Isbn: | 978-0-230-73859-1 |
| Oclc: | 298597496 |
Shadow of the Scorpion is a novel by Neal Asher, published by the Macmillan Publishers imprint Tor Books in 2008. The novel introduces Ian Cormac and is therefore a prequel. The novel skips between Cormac's first mission for the ECS (Earth Central Security) and his upbringing as a child.