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Matter

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By Iain M. Banks

Read by Toby Longworth

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On Sale
Feb 11, 2014
Publisher
Hachette Audio
ISBN-13
9781478927785

Price

$38.99

Format

  1. ebook
  2. Audiobook Download (Abridged)
  3. Trade Paperback

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  1. Audiobook Download (Unabridged) $38.99
  2. ebook $9.99 $12.99 CAD
  3. Audiobook Download (Abridged) $18.99 CAD
  4. Trade Paperback $19.99 $25.99 CAD

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In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one man it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one – maybe two – people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder. And for their sister, even without knowing the full truth, it means returning to a place she’d thought abandoned forever.

Only the sister is not what she once was; Djan Seriy Anaplian has changed almost beyond recognition to become an agent of the Culture’s Special Circumstances section, charged with high-level interference in civilizations throughout the greater galaxy.

Concealing her new identity – and her particular set of abilities – might be a dangerous strategy, however. In the world to which Anaplian returns, nothing is quite as it seems; and determining the appropriate level of interference in someone else’s war is never a simple matter.

MATTER is a novel of dazzling wit and serious purpose. An extraordinary feat of storytelling and breathtaking invention on a grand scale, it is a tour de force from a writer who has turned science fiction on its head.

Genre:

  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Science Fiction
  • Action & Adventure

Series:

  • Culture

Iain Banks came to controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987. He is now widely acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation.

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Iain M. Banks

About the Author

Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987 and began his celebrated ten-book Culture series. He is acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation.
 

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Culture

Excession
Excession
The Algebraist
The Algebraist
The State of the Art
The State of the Art
Consider Phlebas: Booktrack Edition
Consider Phlebas: Booktrack Edition
The Hydrogen Sonata
The Hydrogen Sonata
Surface Detail
Surface Detail
Transition
Transition
Against a Dark Background
Against a Dark Background
Matter
Matter
Use of Weapons
Use of Weapons
The Player of Games
The Player of Games
Consider Phlebas
Consider Phlebas
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