The war raged across the galaxy.  Billions had died, billions more were doomed.  Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and - worse - random.  The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture

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 Sma had plucked him from obsc

The war raged across the galaxy.  Billions had died, billions more were doomed.  Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and - worse - random.  The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture

The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh.  Jernau Morat Gurgeh.  The Player of Games.  Master of every board, computer and strategy.Bored with success, G

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 Sma had plucked him from obscu

State of the Art is the only collection of Iain Banks' short fiction, and includes the acclaimed Culture novella of the same name.  From science fiction to horror, dark-coated fantasy to morality tale, all bear the indefinable stamp of Iain

Two and a half millenia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion year-old dying sun from a different universe.  It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing.  Then it disappeared.Now it is back.

In the winter palace, the King's new physician has more enemies than she at first realises.  But then she also has more remedies to hand than those who wish her ill can know about.In another palace across the mountains, in the service of the

It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war.It led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported.Now, eight hundred years later, the light from the first of those ancient mistakes has reached the Culture Orbi

MATTER is a novel of dazzling wit and serious purpose.  Am extraordinary feat of storytelling and breathtaking invention on a grand scale, it is a tour de force from a writer who has changed the face of science fiction.'Of all the books I

It begins in the realm of the Real.It begins with a murder.And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself.'Full of elaborate games... and, above all, a thrilling sense of the limitless scope SF affords an author's ima

The scavenger species are circling.  It is, truly, the End Days for the Gzilt civilisation.'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future... The Hydrogen Sonata confirms his pre-eminence in the field'&nbs

The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Jernau Morat Gurgeh.  The Player of Games.  Master of every board, computer and strategy.Bored with success, Gurgeh travels

Lost items found.  Paranormal Investigations.Consulting.  Advice.  Reasonable rates.No Love Potions, Endless Purses, orOther Entertainment.Harry Dresden's faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career.  Giant scorpions.&

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out that 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.Harry is the best at what

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I.  Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans.  That's where Harry comes in.Business has b

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I.  Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans.  That's were Harry comes in.Harry has faced

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I.  Turns out the 'everyday' world is full  of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans.  That's were Harry comes in.Since his

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I.  Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans.  That's where Harry comes in.Harry Dresden

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard PI. Turns out the ‘everyday’ world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.Harry's had worse assignments t

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Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.Harry has no friends on th

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.A series of apparent suici

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard PI. Turns out the ‘everyday’ world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.Harry Dresden is feeling happy.&nbs

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard PI. Turns out the ‘everyday’ world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.Harry has always tried to keep his

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P. I.  Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.But even a career o

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago’s first (and only) Wizard P.I.  Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don’t play well with humans.  That's where Harry comes in.Harry Dresden is the b

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard PI. Turns out the ‘everyday’ world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.As if being murdered wasn't eno

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard PI. Turns out the ‘everyday’ world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.A bargain made with the Queen of Ai

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out that 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.Queen Mab has traded on H

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out that 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.Queen Mab has traded on H

MAGIC - IT CAN GET A GUY KILLEDEnter the world of the Dresden Files with Harry Dresden (the olny wizard in the Chicago phone book) and his friends as they solve supernatural mysteries, protect the helpless and fight evil.Brief Cases is a collection o

HARRY DRESDEN IS BACK AND READY FOR ACTION.Get ready for the adventure in the No. 1 Sunday Times and No. 1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files.When the supernatural nations of the world meet up to negotiate an end to ongoing hostilities, Harry D

THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET SERIOUS FOR HARRY DRESDEN, CHICAGO'S ONLY PREFESSIONAL WIZARD, IN THE NEXT ENTRY IN THE NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES AND NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING DRESDEN FILES.Harry has faced terrible odds before.  He has a long histor

From audible.com:The explosive third novel in James S.A. Corey's New York Times best-selling Expanse series. Now a major television series.For generations, the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt - was humanity's great frontier.

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From audible.com:The Banished Lands are engulfed in war and chaos.The cunning Queen Rhin has conquered the west and High King Nathair has the cauldron, most powerful of the seven treasures. At his back stands the scheming Calidus and a warband of the

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From amazon.com:Springtime in Styria. And that means war.There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While

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