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Sharrow was once a warrior-spy and leader of a combat team. Living in a state of semi-retirement, she suddenly found herself the target of the Huhsz, a religious cult, and realised that she had to find and reform her old team if she had any hope of survival. By the author of the "Culture" sequence.
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Imaginatively brilliant. (Daily Mail)
There is now no British SF wirter to whose work I look forward to with greater keenness. (The Times)
Banks ain't kidding. He warned you up front that this is a dark novel (Norman Spinrad)
Few of us have been exposed to a talent so manifest and of such extraordinary breadth (The New York Review of Science Fiction)
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There is now no British SF wirter to whose work I look forward to with greater keenness. (The Times)
Banks ain't kidding. He warned you up front that this is a dark novel (Norman Spinrad)
Few of us have been exposed to a talent so manifest and of such extraordinary breadth (The New York Review of Science Fiction)
Praise for Iain M. Banks
‘There is now no British SF writer to whose work I look forward to with such keenness’ THE TIMES
‘Few of us have been exposed to a talent so manifest and of such extraordinary breadth’ THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION
‘Poetic, humorous, baffling, terrifying, sexy - the books of Iain M. Banks are all these things and more’ NME
‘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 peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance’ WILLIAM GIBSON
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- PublisherOrbit
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 1857230310
- ISBN 13 9781857230314
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages488
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight and clean with a very slight lean. The Boards are clean, and very sharp. Title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with a hint of light toning to edges. Previous owners neat name and date to top corner of half title page. Feels nice in the hand, lightly read . Sharp spine ends. Near fine condition. Jacket has a 2mm rub to the top fore-edge corner, else very glossy and unmarked, overall a near fine book. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A great example of this first edition first printing title, by Iain M Banks, that looks smart on the shelf in the archival fitted cover. A genuine collector's copy. To browse the rest of our extensive Iain M Banks listings search using the keyword: Durdbanks. Seller Inventory # 007598
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