Inversions
In the winter palace, the King's new physician has more enemies than she at first realizes, but she also has more remedies to hand than those who wish her il... »

Against A Dark Background
 »

The Business
A senior exec in a powerful transglobal company with a secretive Swiss HQ aranch in Nebraska and a remote Himalayan principality Kate Telman knows thatto tak... »

Use Of Weapons
Use of Weapons »

The State Of The Art
A collection of short fiction by the author of The Wasp Factory and Against a Dark Background. The title story is a novella continuing the Culture sequence b... »

Excession
Two and a half millennia ago, the Excession, a perfect black sphere, appeared in a remote corner of space. It did nothing, then disappeared. Now it is back, ... »

Feersum Endjinn
In the penultimate year before the Encroachment, the dimming sun still shines on the cloud-high weathered walls of Serehfa Fastness. On the day the Count Ses... »

A Song Of Stone
The war is ending, perhaps ended. But for the castle and its occupants, the troubles are just beginning - armed gangs roam a lawless land and taking to the r... »

Business, The
The Business is a nearly omnipotent and infinitely discreet transglobal... »

Raw Spirit
In Search of the Perfect Dram. As a native of Scotland, bestselling author Iain Banks has decided to... »