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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

'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

Books by Iain M. Banks:
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
Excession
Inversions
Look to Windward
Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen Sonata
The State of the Art
Against a Dark Background
Feersum Endjinn
The Algebraist

Also now available:
The Culture: The Drawings - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.

Against A Dark Background

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    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
    Publication Date: 30/11/2023
    ISBN13: 9780356521732, 978-0356521732
    ISBN10: 0356521737

    Number of Pages: 496

    Fiction , Sci Fi, Fantasy & Horror

    Description

    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

    '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

    Books by Iain M. Banks:
    Consider Phlebas
    The Player of Games
    Use of Weapons
    Excession
    Inversions
    Look to Windward
    Matter
    Surface Detail
    The Hydrogen Sonata
    The State of the Art
    Against a Dark Background
    Feersum Endjinn
    The Algebraist

    Also now available:
    The Culture: The Drawings - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.

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