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Name: Surface Detail
Rating: 4.1 (30 reviews)
Author: Iain Banks

Surface Detail follows Lededje Y'breq, an Intagliated cybernetic warrior whose body and family honor are violated by a ruthless political lord. Guided by the Culture’s powerful but controversial warship, she infiltrates an ancient battle that rages in the digital afterlife, where deities and virtual souls clash. As the conflict threatens to leak into the physical world, Lededje’s quest for revenge intertwines with a larger struggle against an unseen death‑maker and the ethics of artificial life.

First publish date: 2010

Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera

Authors: Iain Banks

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