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By: Iain M. Banks

Narrated by: Peter Kenny

The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.

"Banks is a phenomenon." —William Gibson, author of The Sprawl Trilogy

Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time. Chief Scientist Gad­fium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been awaiting from the Plain of Sliding Stones. Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt.

This is the time of the encroachment and everything is about to change. Although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, and the crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent—an emissary who holds the key to all their futures.

Praise for the novels of Iain M. Banks:

"Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution. " —The Independent on Sunday

"Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future." —The Guardian

"Jam-packed with extraordinary invention." —The Scotsman

"Compulsive reading." —The Sunday Telegraph

Also by Iain M. Banks:
The Culture
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
Excession
Inversions
Look to Windward
Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen Sonata
The State of the Art
Against a Dark Background
The Algebraist

Critic reviews

"Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution."—Independent on Sunday

"Compulsive reading."—Sunday Telegraph

Long awaited

Another Banks treasure. Pleased to see it released in the US finally. Peter Kenny always a fine Banks narrator! Please release Inversions and Against A Dark Background in the US as well, pretty please.

Another mind boggling story

Banks is a master of telling multiple stories with multiple characters and bringing them together at the end. His understanding of technology and his imagination to use it was limitless.

Confusing as audiobook

Between swapping perspectives among clueless nattering characters and every 'Part' of this novel resetting the chapter numbers, this was not a great listen. Hard to follow, and hard to keep track of progress because of the way bookmarks are named...

I was excited to get a 'new' Banks audiobook, but it was disappointing to finish it and feel nothing but relief.

Will give the print version a go, I think.

Love me some Banks but this… this was next level SF

I was lost from start to finish. I’ll come back to it and try again, but I just could not find the thread.