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Inversions

Inversions

High FantasySpace Opera
Published
1998
Language
English

Synopsis

Set on a medieval-level world, Inversions follows a royal physician and a warlord's bodyguard, each concealing a secret that ties them to a far more advanced civilization. Iain Banks called it "an attempt to write a Culture novel that wasn't" — the sixth entry in the Culture sequence, published between Excession and Look to Windward.

Prose complexity
6/10

Vibe

DarkTenseMysterious
Dual TimelineBetrayalMorally GreyCourt Intrigue

Genres

High Fantasy Space Opera

About the author

I
Iain Banks

Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks, and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Source: Wikipedia