And in accepting this mission, Byr will be swept into a vast conspiracy that could lead the universe into an age of peace. There is only one way to break the silence of millennia: steal the soul of the long-dead starship captain who first encountered the star, and convince her to be reborn. Excession was originally published in 1996 and is the fourth novel in Iain M. But in seeking the secret of the lost sun, Byr risks losing himself. The Department of Special Circumstances-the Culture's espionage and dirty tricks section-has sent him off to investigate a 2,500-year-old mystery: the sudden disappearance of a star fifty times older than the universe itself. Now he takes us on the ultimate trip: to the edge of possibility and to the heart of a cosmic puzzle.ĭiplomat Byr Genar-Hofoen has been selected by the Culture to undertake a delicate and dangerous mission. Banks, a modern master of science fiction. Banks is a true original, an author whose brilliant speculative fiction has transported us into worlds of unbounded imagination and inimitable revelatory power. The fifth Culture book from the awesome imagination of Iain M. There are no deliveries on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays.Iain M. These times are an estimation, not a guarantee. These delivery times are the maximum delivery periods that a purchase can take to reach our customers. Standard Delivery: Free (2-4 working days) Express Delivery: £2.49 (reduced rate, 1-2 working days)Įxpress Delivery: Free (1-2 working days) The book centers on a powerful alien object, the Excession, that appears and spurs societies to fight over its control. Standard Delivery: £2.99 (2-4 working days) Express Delivery: £4.99 (1-2 working days) If any items are missing from your delivery, please allow 2 working days for the rest of your order to arrive before contacting us at of our books are 100% brand new, unread and purchased directly from the publishers in bulk allowing us to pass the huge savings on to you! Items from our extended range section are dispatched separately. We sometimes split orders between multiple parcels. Please note orders are only processed Monday-Friday. The orders go into our warehouse to be picked, packed and consolidated into one parcel where appropriate. Iain Banks was educated at the University of Stirling where he studied English Literature, Philosophy and Psychology. Bankss father was an officer in the Admiralty and his mother was once a professional ice skater. We aim to process and dispatch our orders within 24 hours. Banks is a pseudonym of Iain Banks which he used to publish his Science Fiction.
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