Now he takes us on the ultimate trip: to the edge of possibility and to the heart of a cosmic puzzle. Banks is a true original, an author whose brilliant speculative fiction has transported us into worlds of unbounded imagination and inimitable revelatory power. And in accepting this mission, Byr will be swept into a vast conspiracy that could lead the universe into an age of peace. There is only one way to break the silence of millennia: steal the soul of the long-dead starship captain who first encountered the star, and convince her to be reborn. But in seeking the secret of the lost sun, Byr risks losing himself. The Department of Special Circumstances-the Culture's espionage and dirty tricks section-has sent him off to investigate a 2,500-year-old mystery: the sudden disappearance of a star fifty times older than the universe itself. Now he takes us on the ultimate trip: to the edge of possibility and to the heart of a cosmic puzzle.ĭiplomat Byr Genar-Hofoen has been selected by the Culture to undertake a delicate and dangerous mission. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more.
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