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Use of Weapons

by Iain M. Banks

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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 or military action.

The woman known as Diziet Sima 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 burnt-out case. But not even its machine intelligence could see the horrors in his past.

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"There is now no British SF writer to whose work I look forward with greater keenness." The Times
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Use of Weapons is a challenging book, both in its structure and its subject matter. It's about war: the necessity of it, the uses of it, the sorts of people it requires and creates. It is sometimes exciting, sometimes brutal, and in the end emotional, memorable, haunting.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780316030571
Author:
Banks, Iain M.
Publisher:
Orbit
Subject:
Science Fiction - Adventure
Subject:
Science Fiction - Space Opera
Subject:
Space warfare
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Science Fiction and Fantasy-Adventure
Copyright:
2008
Publication Date:
20080731
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
499
Dimensions:
8.38x5.50x1.36 in. 1.00 lbs.
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