TROPIC OF ETERNITY

For fans of Iain M. Banks, this is in fact the final part of a trilogy which we hope will give you a taster of this author?s work to go back to. It is the 147th century and the mighty era of Homo Sapiens is at an end. In the Westerly Provinces of the Old World, the hunt is on for the young queen Arabis, and the beast that holds her captive. In the brutal hominid Investiture, revolution has come. The warlord Cunctus, having seized the Vulgar worlds, invites every Prism to pick a side. In the Firmament, once the kingdom of the Immortal Amaranthine, all ships converge on the foundry of Gliese. The grandest battle in the history of the mammalian kind has begun. Perception, ancient machine spirit, must take back its mortal remains in a contest for the Firmament itself. The Grand Marshal must travel to the deepest lagoon in the Investiture, a place where monsters dwell. Lost amongst the Hedron Stars, he finds himself caught between colossal powers. And for Aaron the Long-Life, he who has waited so very, very long for his revenge, things are only getting started. Described as 'Among the most significant works of science fiction released in recent years.' 421pp, glossary, paperback.