Excession Ali Hazelwood and one that is destined

and one that is destined to capture your heart

Reeling from shocking betrayal

When she leads him to the back of the bar

Ryan soon finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek played by two world powers--a game that could end in all-out war

even if that means aligning with a former enemy

Excession Ali Hazelwood and one that is destinedThe 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. "Banks is a phenomenon." William Gibson Two and a half millennia ago in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion year old dying sun from a different universe, the artifact appeared.