Feersum Endjinn
Author: Iain M. Banks
Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time…Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been waiting for from the Plain of Sliding Stones…And Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt…And everything is about to change…For this is the time of the Encroachment and, although the dimming su….Read More
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