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A superb standalone novel from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a master of modern science fiction. Sharrow was once the leader of a personality-attuned combat team in one of the sporadic little commercial wars in the civilisation based around the planet Golter. Now she is hunted by the Huhsz, a religious cult which believes that she is the last obstacle before the faith's apotheosis, and her only hope of escape is to find the last of the apocalyptically powerful Lazy Guns before the Huhsz find her. Her journey through the exotic Golterian system is a destructive and savage odyssey into her past, and that of her family and of the system itself. Praise for Iain M. Banks: 'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday 'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian 'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman 'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph The Culture series: Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata Other books by Iain M. Banks: Against a Dark Background Feersum Endjinn The Algebraist. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.59

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Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.59

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Once a warrior-spy and combat leader on the planet Golter, Sharrow lives in semi-retirement, but suddenly finds herself the target of the Huhsz, a religious cult, and realizes that she has to find and reform her old team if she has any hope of survival. By the author of "The Wasp Factory". The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Once a warrior-spy and combat leader on the planet Golter, Sharrow lives in semi-retirement, but suddenly finds herself the target of the Huhsz, a religious cult, and realizes that she has to find and reform her old team if she has any hope of survival. By the author of "The Wasp Factory". A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

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