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Score: 9.5/10  [1 review]
5 out of 5
ProdID: 1446 - Against a Dark Background
Written by Iain M. Banks

Against a Dark Background
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Sharrow was once the leader of a personality-attuned combat team in one of the sporadic little commercial wars in the civilisation based around the planet Golter.

Now she is hunted by the Huhsz, a religious cult which believes that she is the last obstacle before the faith's apotheosis, and her only hope of escape is to find the last of the apocalyptically powerful Lazy Guns before the Huhsz find her.

Her journey through the exotic Golterian system is a destructive and savage odyssey into her past, and that of her family and the system itself.

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Review by: tucker (Karl)
Dated: 1st of July, 2007

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This Review: 9.5/10
Value for Money:
Score 9 out of 10
Level of Realism:
Score 9 out of 10
Rereadability:
Score 10 out of 10
Lose Track of Time:
Score 10 out of 10

I have read a few of Banks' 'Culture' series novels, and found them quite easy to throw myself into... with one exception... but this is the first of his non-Culture novels I have read and I admit to being very impressed.

Reading like a James Bond novel set in Buck Roger's 24th Century, this one had me on the edge of my seat most of the way. With a stunning array of wierd characters, from the priesthood who live chained to a set of tracks that run around in a house like a maze, through to a duo of homicidal clones, I would have to say my most favourite are the wandering clan of freelance mercinaries who all believe they are God, and the rest of their crew are simply figments of their imagination that won't go away and thus must serve some purpose.

I was very taken with the intricate descriptions of some of the items and locations throughout, in particular the Crownstar Addendum, a necklace like none other, and the world-spanning single plantform, known as the Entraxrln, which covers the planet Miykenns so totally that it controls the global weather patterns.

Overall, though missing some of the elements I really enjoy from his Culture series titles, such as the self-aware droids etc, this one held me enthralled from cover to cover... my only gripe with it was that I could only read it in small, 5-10 minute patches during breaks. Smile Icon


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