Surface Detail by Iain M Banks
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters.It begins with a murder.
And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself.
Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom, her release, when it comes, is at a price, and to put things right she will need the help of the Culture.
Benevolent, enlightened and almost infinitely resourceful though it may be, the Culture can only do so much for any individual. With the assistance of one of its most powerful -- and arguably deranged -- warships, Lededje finds herself heading into a combat zone not even sure which side the Culture is really on. A war -- brutal, far-reaching -- is already raging within the digital realms that store the souls of the dead, and it's about to erupt into reality.
It started in the realm of the Real and that is where it will end. It will touch countless lives and affect entire civilizations, but at the center of it all is a young woman whose need for revenge masks another motive altogether.
Surface Detail is Iain M. Banks' new Culture novel, a breathtaking achievement from a writer whose body of work is without parallel in the modern history of science fiction.
Consider Phlebas, Excession, and Inversions were among the highly appreciated works written by Banks (1954-2013), one of the most prominent science fiction authors in the United Kingdom. He also authored mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks, including The Wasp Factory and A Song of Stone.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316123402 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316123404 |
| Title | Surface Detail |
| Author | Iain M Banks |
| Series | Culture |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orbit |
| Year published | 2010-10-28 |
| Number of pages | 640 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Locus Awards (Science Fiction) 2011 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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