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OverviewIain M. Banks is a true original, an author whose brilliant speculative fiction has transported us into worlds of unbounded imagination and inimitable revelatory power. Now he takes us on the ultimate trip: to the edge of possibility and to the heart of a cosmic puzzle. . . . Diplomat Byr Genar-Hofoen has been selected by the Culture to undertake a delicate and dangerous mission. 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. But in seeking the secret of the lost sun, Byr risks losing himself. 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. And in accepting this mission, Byr will be swept into a vast conspiracy that could lead the universe into an age of peace . . . or to the brink of annihilation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Iain BanksPublisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Imprint: Bantam USA Dimensions: Width: 10.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 17.00cm Weight: 0.346kg ISBN: 9780553575378ISBN 10: 0553575376 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 02 February 1998 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsBanks is a phenomenon...wildly successful, fearlessly creative. <br>--William Gibson Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |