{"product_id":"use-of-weapons-3-culture","title":"Use of Weapons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Banks is a phenomenon'\u003c\/b\u003e William Gibson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The man known as Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Though the woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and aided his stratospheric rise, she did not know him as well as she thought.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The drone Ska­ffen-Amtiskaw thought it knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers, and it believed the man to be a burnt-out wreck - but not even its superlative machine-intelligence could see the horrors in his past.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise for the Culture series:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Compulsive reading'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Culture series:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eConsider Phlebas\u003cbr\u003e The Player of Games\u003cbr\u003e Use of Weapons\u003cbr\u003e Excession\u003cbr\u003e Inversions\u003cbr\u003e Look to Windward\u003cbr\u003e Matter\u003cbr\u003e Surface Detail\u003cbr\u003e The Hydrogen Sonata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe State of the Art\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOther books by Iain M. Banks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAgainst a Dark Background\u003cbr\u003e Feersum Endjinn\u003cbr\u003e The Algebraist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Also now available:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Culture: The Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43768030494917,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Use_20of_20Weapons.jpg?v=1719364221","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/use-of-weapons-3-culture","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}