{"product_id":"the-algebraist-culture-031656558x","title":"The Algebraist (Culture)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 031656558X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Banks, Iain M.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs complex, turbulent and spectacular as the gas giant on which it is set, this novel from Iain M. Banks is space opera on a truly epic scale.An enormously enjoyable book, full of wonderful aliens, a sense of wonder and subtle political commentary on current events. -Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars. Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers, will be fortunate if he makes it to the end of the year.The Nasqueron Dwellers inhabit a gas giant on the outskirts of the galaxy, in a system awaiting its wormhole connection to the rest of civilization. In the meantime, they are dismissed as decadents living in a state of highly developed barbarism, hoarding data without order, hunting their own young and fighting pointless formal wars.Seconded to a military-religious order he's barely heard of - part of the baroque hierarchy of the Mercatoria, the latest galactic hegemony - Fassin Taak has to travel again amongst the Dwellers. He is in search of a secret hidden for half a billion years. But with each day that passes a war draws closer - a war that threatens to overwhelm everything and everyone he's ever known.Banks is a phenomenon...writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance. -William GibsonBanks writes with a sophistication that will surprise anyone unfamiliar with modern science fiction. -The New York Times For More from Iain M. Banks, check out:The Culture series:Consider PhlebasThe Player of GamesUse of WeaponsThe State of the ArtExcessionInversionsLook to WindwardMatterSurface DetailThe Hydrogen Sonata\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51535633645856,"sku":"NEW031656558X","price":17.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61cmOVU0sjL.jpg?v=1777396337","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-algebraist-culture-031656558x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}