The Algebraist

Author: Iain M. Banks
It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars.Seconded to a military-religious order he’s barely heard of, Fassin Taak must travel amongst the Dwellers of the gas giant Nasqueron, in search of a secret hidden for half a billion years. Any help they offer will be on their own terms and in their own time.But time is one thing Fassin Taak doesn’t have, with each passing da….Read More
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