Matter - (Culture) by Iain M Banks (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This eighth novel of the Culture series centers on three siblings: Ferbin and Oramen, the misfit heirs of conquering King Hausk of the Sarl, and their exiled sister, Djan, now a powerful agent of the Culture's Special Circumstances division.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A<i> </i>novel of dazzling wit and serious purpose. An extraordinary feat of storytelling and breathtaking invention on a grand scale, it is a tour de force from a writer who has turned science fiction on its head.</b> <p/><b>"Unexpectedly savage, emotionally powerful, and impossible to forget." --<i>The Times</i></b> <p/>In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one brother it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one -- maybe two -- people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder. And for their sister, even without knowing the full truth, it means returning to a place she'd thought abandoned forever. <p/>Only the sister is not what she once was; Djan Seriy Anaplian has changed almost beyond recognition to become an agent of the Culture's Special Circumstances section, charged with high-level interference in civilizations throughout the greater galaxy. <p/>Concealing her new identity -- and her particular set of abilities -- might be a dangerous strategy, however. In the world to which Anaplian returns, nothing is quite as it seems; and determining the appropriate level of interference in someone else's war is never a simple matter.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Banks writes space opera on the grand scale: he measures time in eons, space in lightyears, tragedies in gigadeaths."--<i><b>Time</b></i><br><br>"This tale of intricate politics and interstellar warfare ably demonstrates that Banks is still at the height of his powers."--<i><b>Publishers Weekly</b></i><br><br>"Unexpectedly savage, emotionally powerful, and impossible to forget."--<i><b>The Times (London)</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Iain Banks</b> came to controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, <i>The Wasp Factory</i>, in 1984. He has since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels.
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