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      Against a Dark Background

      by Iain M. Banks
      Published
      Aug 1993
      Main Genre
      Science Fiction Sci-Fi
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      515
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      They had government permission to hunt down and assassinate her. What the religious Huhsz cult wanted was simple--the most deadly and enigmatic weapon constructed, the Lazy Gun, lost among the planets of the Thrial star system. Whoever controls the Gun controls all the worlds of humankind. And Lady Sharrow, former antiquities thief and soldier, is the key. On the run, betrayed at every turn, Sharrow sets out to accomplish the impossible and exact revenge -- even as she delves into the evil at the very heart of humanity.

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      Speculative Fiction

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      Science Fiction Space Opera

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      First Edition Aug 1993 Spectra (Bantam) ISBN 0553292250
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      Apr 1996 Little, Brown ISBN 1857231791
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      Jul 2009 Orbit ISBN 0316036374
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      Jun 2009 Orbit ISBN B002CT0TXK
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