Catapulted across war-torn space, he throws in his lot with a rag-tag group of mercenaries onboard the Clear Air Turbulence, but Horza's trials are only just beginning. First, he must navigate a violent and restless galaxy where the super intelligent machines of the Culture are always a few steps ahead.
When one of the enemy's most sophisticated artificial Minds goes to ground inside a Planet of the Dead, Horza is the obvious choice to capture it.
It makes him the perfect secret agent, one used skilfully by the Idirans in their war against the Culture. Just as it could not imprison itself with laws, impoverish itself with money or misguide itself with leaders, so it would not misrepresent itself with signs.īora Horza Gobuchul is a Changer, one of a rare group of humanoids able to transform their appearance through a series of precise changes to their body chemistry. The Culture was every single individual human and machine in it, not one thing. The binding is blocked in blue and orange foils, with a field of burning stars continuing onto the exterior of the slipcase a spectacular finishing touch on an unmissable collectors' edition.īlocked slipcase with printed illustration inside For this special illustrated edition, artist Dániel Taylor has created a breath-taking collection of images capturing the exotic thrills of a modern science-fiction classic, including a special hidden illustration printed on the inside of the slipcase. With an imagination as vast as the Culture itself, Banks was one of the true innovators of the genre, and Consider Phlebas is an electrifying first step into a remarkable universe. From Horza's last-minute escape, that starts the book with a literal bang, to the space pirates, orbital stations, deadly games and vast icebergs that populate this epic space opera, Banks barely gives the reader a moment to catch their breath.
Banks' first science-fiction novel introduces one of the most iconic creations in speculative literature: the Culture, a far future interstellar civilization populated by humans and sophisticated artificial intelligences. Dániel Taylor provides the spectacular images for Folio's edition of Consider Phlebas. Banks' 'Culture' novels dives into the heart of an interstellar war.
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