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Sharrow once commanded a specially attuned combat team during the sporadic commercial wars around the planet Golter. Now pursued by the Huhsz, a zealot cult that believes she blocks their path to apotheosis, she must locate the last of the apocalyptically powerful Lazy Guns before the cult finds her. Her perilous journey through the exotic Golterian system forces her to confront the harsh legacy of her past, her family, and the very system she once defended.
First publish date: 1993
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Iain Banks
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