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Look to Windward

Culture Series, Book 7

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Look to Windward

By: Iain M. Banks
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
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Summary

The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.

It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war.

It led to atrocities on an extraordinary scale. To the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported.

Now, eight hundred years later, the light from the first of those doomed stars has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq', bathing its ­fifty billion inhabitants in the rays of their society's ancient mistake.

Amongst them is Major Quilan, sent on a mission so secret that not even he knows what it is, and determined to exact his revenge against the Culture at any cost.

The Culture series:
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
Excession
Inversions
Look to Windward
Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen Sonata
The State of the Art

Other books by Iain M. Banks:
Against a Dark Background
Feersum Endjinn
The Algebraist

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Critic reviews

'Banks keeps ratcheting up the suspense' Guardian

'Banks is a phenomenon' William Gibson

'A mordant wit, a certain savagery and a wild imagination' Mail On Sunday
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A fantastic story brilliantly read by Peter Kenny. Iain M Banks and Peter Kenny are a truly excellent combination. The story had me riveted throughout and when it was over I felt myself mourn for it. Glad I have more to download!

Another brilliant book expertly performed

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Another excellent chapter of the culture series, with yet more deeply imersive world building to a level of exquisite and beautiful detail. The story is full of surprises, twists and turns at every step.
Peter Kenny's performance is also and once again, second to none.

excellent on all levels

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One of my favourite books of all time. Banks is phenomenal and Peter Kenney is everything a narrator should be. Cannot recommend enough.

A triumph

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l have listened to a few of Mr banks book's all have got hold of me right from the start to the end l would recommend this to all syfi fan's

good book kept me engrossed from the start

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The writing and performance really bring the characters to life, who intern bring the universe to life.
And the in turn host a exiting, meditative story.

Great characters.

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