Description
In the midst of a galaxy-spanning war between the Culture and the Idirans, a ruthless mercenary named Horza and his eclectic crew of human and machine operatives embark on a perilous quest to locate a fugitive artificial Mind hidden within a forbidden labyrinth on a desolate world. As billions perish in the brutal conflict driven by clashing ideologies—faith against moral principle—Horza finds himself caught between two powerful forces, each desperate to claim the Mind for their own purposes. With the stakes nothing less than the fate of civilizations, Horza's dangerous mission becomes a race against time through a cosmos consumed by destruction and chaos. Banks masterfully weaves together grand-scale space opera with intimate character drama, exploring themes of loyalty, survival, and the cost of war. This epic tale of ambition and consequence asks whether any individual crusade can matter when the very fabric of the galaxy hangs in the balance.
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paperback
Orbit
Published Jan 1, 2003
467 pages
ISBN: 9781857231380
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First Published
1987
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks.