{"product_id":"inversion","title":"Inversions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cb\u003e'Banks is a phenomenon' \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Gibson\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIn the winter palace, the King's new physician has more enemies than she realises. But then she also has more defences than even her most hardened adversaries could imagine.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIn another palace, far across the mountains, sits the regicidal Protector General. His chief bodyguard also has enemies to worry about, with the threat of treachery and assassination never far away.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAnd beneath the surface of these feudal courts - behind the spies, murders, politics and intrigues - lies an entirely di fferent kind of threat, an entity that nobody would ever suspect.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPraise for the Culture series:\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cb\u003e'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cb\u003e'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cb\u003e'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cb\u003e'Compulsive reading' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cb\u003eThe Culture series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003ci\u003eConsider Phlebas\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe Player of Games\u003cbr\u003e\r\nUse of Weapons\u003cbr\u003e\r\nExcession\u003cbr\u003e\r\nInversions\u003cbr\u003e\r\nLook to Windward\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMatter\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSurface Detail\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe Hydrogen Sonata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003ci\u003eThe State of the Art\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cb\u003eOther books by Iain M. Banks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003ci\u003eAgainst a Dark Background\u003cbr\u003e\r\nFeersum Endjinn\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe Algebraist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAlso now available:\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Culture: The Drawings\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e- an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iain M. Banks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43600303161522,"sku":"9780356521688","price":305.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/408302_65a72ab17aca69.68767910_9780356521688.jpg?v=1789779817","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/inversion","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}