Summary
When sex slave Lededje Y'breq is murdered by a politician on the planet Sichult, the artificial intelligence running one of the Culture's immense starships resurrects her so she can seek revenge. Meanwhile, the Culture is uneasily watching the conflict over whether to preserve virtual Hells for the... Full description
Series: Culture Universe series
Consider Phlebas (Volume 1.)
The player of games (Volume 2.)
Use of weapons (Volume 3.)
The state of the art (Volume 4.)
Excession (Volume 5.)
Inversions (Volume 6.)
Look to windward (Volume 7.)
Matter (Volume 8.)
Surface detail (Volume 9.)
The hydrogen sonata (Volume 10.)