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The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.

''Banks is a phenomenon'' William Gibson

Lady Sharrow was once the fearless leader of a combat team in one of the sporadic little commercial wars in the vicinity of the planet Golter. Now she is hunted by the Huhsz - a religious cult hellbent on assassinating her - and her only hope of escape is to find the last of the apocalyptically powerful Lazy Guns before the Huhsz track her down.

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 the novels of Iain M. Banks:

''Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'' Independent on Sunday



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Banks is a phenomenon: the wildly successful, fearlessly creative author of brilliant and disturbing non-genre novels, he's equally at home writing pure science fiction of a perculiarly gnarly energy and elegance * William Gibson *
There is now no British SF writer to whose work I look forward with greater keenness * THE TIMES *
Poetic, humourous, baffling, terrifying, sexy - the books of Iain M. Banks are all these things and more * NME *

Against A Dark Background

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 30 November 2023
      ISBN-13 9780356521732
      978-0356521732
      ISBN-10 0356521737
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.

      ''Banks is a phenomenon''       William Gibson

      Lady Sharrow was once the fearless leader of a combat team in one of the sporadic little commercial wars in the vicinity of the planet Golter. Now she is hunted by the Huhsz - a religious cult hellbent on assassinating her - and her only hope of escape is to find the last of the apocalyptically powerful Lazy Guns before the Huhsz track her down.

      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 the novels of Iain M. Banks:

      ''Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'' Independent on Sunday



      Trade Review
      Banks is a phenomenon: the wildly successful, fearlessly creative author of brilliant and disturbing non-genre novels, he's equally at home writing pure science fiction of a perculiarly gnarly energy and elegance * William Gibson *
      There is now no British SF writer to whose work I look forward with greater keenness * THE TIMES *
      Poetic, humourous, baffling, terrifying, sexy - the books of Iain M. Banks are all these things and more * NME *

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