The international sensation Iain M. Banks offers readers a deeply imaginative, wittily satirical tale, proving once again that he is "a talent to be reckoned with" ("Locus"). In Excession, the Culture's espionage and dirty tricks section orders Diplomat Byr Gen-Hofoen to steal the soul of a long-dead starship captain. By accepting the mission, Byr irrevocably plunges himself into a conspiracy: one that could either lead the universe into an age of peace or to the brink of annihilation.
I. M. Banks Knihy
Iain M. Banks, známy aj ako Iain Banks, bol škótsky autor, ktorého diela skúmali hlboké témy ľudskej spoločnosti a budúcnosti. Pod pseudonymom Iain M. Banks písal rozsiahle a ambiciózne sci-fi diela, často zasadené do prepracovaného vesmíru s komplexnými politickými a filozofickými podtónmi. Jeho štýl sa vyznačoval bystrým humorom, ostrou spoločenskou kritikou a fascináciou technologickým pokrokom a jeho vplyvom na ľudstvo. Jeho písanie často odrážalo jeho ľavicové presvedčenie a záujem o utopické a anarchistické spoločenské systémy.
Look to Windward
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It was one of the less glorious incidents of the Idiran wars that led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported. Now, eight hundred years later, the light from the first of those ancient deaths has reached the Culture's Masaq' Orbital. For the Hub Mind, overseer of the massive bracelet world, its arrival is particularly poignant. But it may still be eclipsed by events from the Culture's more recent past. When the Chelgrian Ziller, a composer of great renown now living in self-imposed exile, learns that an emissary from his home world is being sent to Masaq' Orbital, he fears the worst: that the Chelgrians want him to return. A considerable debt is owed to the Chelgrians, but Ziller is an honoured guest on their world and the Culture would not force him to leave.They know that they are facing a slight diplomatic problem. However, Ziller is not the only thing on the Chelgrian emissary's mind. If his mission is successful, it illuminate the Culture's future as well as its past.