Infosec geek from the UK. I read mostly Sci-Fi and Fantasy, but have been known to dip my toe in horror for a change of pace.
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In the winter palace, the King’s new physician has more enemies than she at first realises. But then she also …
It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars.
Seconded to a military-religious order he's barely heard of, …
It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars.
Seconded to a military-religious …
Another Banks novel that really missed the mark for me
Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks is a science fiction novel in his Culture series, first published in the UK …
Suspected of involvement after the Regimental High Command is destroyed as they prepared to go to a new level of …
It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war. It led to the destruction of two suns …
The first ever collection of Iain Banks’s short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella, The State of the Art. …
Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time ...
Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the …
The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest …
A world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the …
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced …
Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time ...
Chief Scientist Gadfium …
Very difficult read, did not really enjoy it.
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit …
