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Use of Weapons
Culture (Related to this series)
- Author
- Iain M. Banks
- Narrator
- Peter Kenny
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 2 April 2013
- Run Time
- 13 hours 29 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The third entry in the critically acclaimed Culture series, from British Science Fiction author, Iain M. Banks.
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action.The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought.
The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a lost cause. But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past.
Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, Use of Weapons is a masterpiece of science fiction.
The Culture Series
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
The State of the Art
ExcessionInversions
Look to Windward Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen Sonata
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Details
- Author
- Iain M. Banks
- Narrator
- Peter Kenny
- Duration
- 13 hours 29 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 April 2013
- ISBN
- 9781611133585
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Science fiction, Adventure fiction, Science fiction: space opera, Science fiction: military
Synopsis
The third entry in the critically acclaimed Culture series, from British Science Fiction author, Iain M. Banks. The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action.The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a lost cause. But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past. Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, Use of Weapons is a masterpiece of science fiction. The Culture SeriesConsider PhlebasThe Player of GamesUse of WeaponsThe State of the ArtExcessionInversionsLook to Windward MatterSurface DetailThe Hydrogen Sonata
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