| Matter Contributor(s): Banks, Iain M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316005371 ISBN-13: 9780316005371 Publisher: Orbit OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: This eighth novel of the Culture series centers on three siblings: Ferbin and Oramen, the misfit heirs of conquering King Hausk of the Sarl, and their exiled sister, Djan, now a powerful agent of the Culture's Special Circumstances division. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure - Fiction | Science Fiction - Space Opera - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009291122 |
| Series: Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (1.15 lbs) 624 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one brother it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one -- maybe two -- people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder. And for their sister, even without knowing the full truth, it means returning to a place she'd thought abandoned forever. Only the sister is not what she once was; Djan Seriy Anaplian has changed almost beyond recognition to become an agent of the Culture's Special Circumstances section, charged with high-level interference in civilizations throughout the greater galaxy. Concealing her new identity -- and her particular set of abilities -- might be a dangerous strategy, however. In the world to which Anaplian returns, nothing is quite as it seems; and determining the appropriate level of interference in someone else's war is never a simple matter. Matter is a novel of dazzling wit and serious purpose. An extraordinary feat of storytelling and breathtaking invention on a grand scale, it is a tour de force from a writer who has turned science fiction on its head. |