ARGONAUT BOOKS

Bored with success, Gurgeh - The Player of Games - travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game. This is a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Reviews Few of us have been exposed to a talent so manifest and of such extraordinary breadthTHE NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTIONPoetic, humorous, baffling, terrifying, sexy - the books of Iain M. Banks are all these things and moreNMEBanks is an incredibly talented writer. All his books are lively and entertaining. They are laced with a wry humour, fascin...Read More