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Surface Detail
Surface Detail is among Iain M. Banks' Culture novels, a breathtaking achievement from a writer whose body of work is without parallel in the modern history of science fiction.

It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters.

It begins with a murder.

And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself.

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 at a price, and to put things right she will need the help of the Culture.

Benevolent, enlightened and almost infinitely resourceful though it may be, the Culture can only do so much for any individual. With the assistance of one of its most powerful -- and arguably deranged -- warships, Lededje finds herself heading into a combat zone not even sure which side the Culture is really on. A war -- brutal, far-reaching -- is already raging within the digital realms that store the souls of the dead, and it's about to erupt into reality.

It started in the realm of the Real and that is where it will end. It will touch countless lives and affect entire civilizations, but at the center of it all is a young woman whose need for revenge masks another motive altogether.

The Culture Series

Consider Phlebas

The Player of Games

Use of Weapons

The State of the Art

Excession

Inversions

Look to Windward

Matter

Surface Detail

The Hydrogen Sonata
The Algebraist

The Algebraist

Iain M. Banks

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The State of the Art

The State of the Art

Iain M. Banks

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Matter

Matter

Iain M. Banks

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The Quarry

The Quarry

Iain M. Banks

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The Quarry

The Quarry

Iain M. Banks

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Use of Weapons

Use of Weapons

Iain M. Banks

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The Hydrogen Sonata

The Hydrogen Sonata

Iain M. Banks

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The Hydrogen Sonata

The Hydrogen Sonata

Iain M. Banks

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The Hydrogen Sonata

The Hydrogen Sonata

Iain M. Banks

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Consider Phlebas

Consider Phlebas

Iain M. Banks

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Surface Detail

Surface Detail

Iain M. Banks

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Surface Detail

Surface Detail

Iain M. Banks

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Feersum Endjinn

Feersum Endjinn

Iain M. Banks

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Look To Windward

Look To Windward

Iain M. Banks

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Look To Windward

Look To Windward

Iain M. Banks

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The State Of The Art

The State Of The Art

Iain M. Banks

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The State Of The Art

The State Of The Art

Iain M. Banks

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Consider Phlebas

Consider Phlebas

Iain M. Banks

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The Player of Games

The Player of Games

Iain M. Banks

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Consider Phlebas

Consider Phlebas

Iain M. Banks

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The Player of Games

The Player of Games

Iain M. Banks

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Transition

Transition

Iain M. Banks

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Transition

Transition

Iain M. Banks

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Against a Dark Background

Against a Dark Background

Iain M. Banks

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Against a Dark Background

Against a Dark Background

Iain M. Banks

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Matter

Matter

Iain M. Banks

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Use of Weapons

Use of Weapons

Iain M. Banks

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The Player Of Games

The Player Of Games

Iain M. Banks

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Against A Dark Background

Against A Dark Background

Iain M. Banks

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Consider Phlebas

Consider Phlebas

Iain M. Banks

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The Algebraist

The Algebraist

Iain M. Banks

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Use Of Weapons

Use Of Weapons

Iain M. Banks

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Excession

Excession

Iain M. Banks

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Excession

Excession

Iain M. Banks

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Inversions

Inversions

Iain M. Banks

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Consider Phlebas

Consider Phlebas

Iain M. Banks

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Inversions

Inversions

Iain M. Banks

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Look to Windward

Look to Windward

Iain M. Banks

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