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...

Boxed set containing "Consider Phlebas, Use Of Weapons" and "The Player Of Games". von Banks, Iain M.

"A Song of Stone" von Iain M. Banks ist eine düstere und provokative Erzählung, die in einem unbenannten Land während eines brutalen Bürgerkriegs spielt. Das Buch folgt dem adeligen Abel und seiner Geliebten Morgan, die gezwungen sind,...

It starts with a young woman being murdered. Miraculously, a secret deal means she lives again within the Culture. Now, she vows to return and kill her own murderer. Meanwhile, a war in heaven is brewing. Or rather, a war between the...

"The Algebraist" ist ein Science-Fiction-Roman von Iain M. Banks, der in einem zukünftigen Universum spielt, in dem interstellare Reisen und Kommunikation durch Wurmlöcher ermöglicht werden. Der Protagonist, Fassin Taak, ist ein "Slow...

THE SCAVENGER SPECIES ARE CIRCLING.IT IS, TRULY, THE END DAYS FOR THE GZILT CIVILISATION.'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future . . . The Hydrogen Sonata confirms his pre-eminence in the...

"Surface Detail" ist ein Science-Fiction-Roman von Iain M. Banks, der Teil seiner bekannten "Culture"-Reihe ist. Die Handlung dreht sich um das Konzept virtueller Höllen, die von bestimmten Zivilisationen geschaffen wurden, um die Seelen...

The second Culture novel from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a modern master of science fiction.The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. Jernau...

"Inversions" von Iain M. Banks ist ein Science-Fiction-Roman, der im Universum der "Culture"-Reihe spielt. Der Roman erzählt zwei parallele Geschichten auf einem Planeten, der an eine mittelalterliche Gesellschaft erinnert. Die erste...

The third Culture novel from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a modern master of science fiction. The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit...

Iain Banks' latest science fiction title is set in the universe of the Culture. The Excession has reappeared in a remote corner of space, but the one person who might be able to explain its incredible potential is not available. So the...

In a world renowned 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...