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The Algebraist
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Use of Weapons
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Use of Weapons
About the book | Reviews | More information Read an extract-->
About the book:
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action.
The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought.
The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a burnt-out case. But not even its machine intelligence could see the horrors in his past.
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Reviews:
- 'There is now no British SF writer to whose work I look forward with greater keenness.' The Times
More information:
- Orbit paperback
[ISBN 978-1857231359 | published March 1992]