Summary
Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time.
Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been waiting for from the Plain of Sliding Stones.
And Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt.
And everything is about to change.
For this is the time of the encroachment and, although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857232738 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857232739 |
| Author: | Iain M. Banks |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Orbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 1995 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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Sharp, witty, comprehensively terrifying.
Another truly impressive piece of work from the pen of a master storyteller. - STARBURST
Dazzlingly original. - DAILY MAILBanks is a phenomenon: the widly successful, fearlessly creative author of brilliant and disturbing non-genre novels, he’s equally at home writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance. - WILLIAM GIBSONSharp, witty, comprehensively terrifying. - OBSERVERAbout The Author
Iain M. Banks
Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, THE WASP FACTORY, in 1984. He has since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels.
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