Iain M. Banks Culture - 25th anniversary box set: Consider Phlebas, The...

Description: Iain M. Banks Culture - 25th anniversary box set: Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games and Use of Weapons Description Paperback CONSIDER PHLEBASThe 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 for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender. Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it. It was the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, actually to find it, and with it their own destruction.USE OF WEAPONSThe 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 obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought.The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a burnt-out case. But not even its machine intelligence could see the horrors in his past.THE PLAYER OF GAMESThe 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, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game ... a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh accepts the game, and with it the challenge of his life - and very possibly his death. NOTES Import Duties or Taxes : Please Note Import Duties taxes, Vat, quarantine fees, address change fees, or any other taxes are not included in the item price or in shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. You are requested to please check with your country's custom office to determine what these additional cost or taxes etc before bidding / buying this item(s) We do not have any control on customs charges or custom clearance time or on any other charges; hence, the delivery time is for reference only. Sellers are not responsible for shipping service transit times. Transit times may vary particularly during peak periods. Customs duty fees are normally charged by the shipping company or collected when they deliver the parcels. Feedback : If you feel any problem in product please immediately contact us as we ensure fast and best solution for any problem got in our product Thanks for Visiting our Store.

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