Use of Weapons

Iain Banks

earliest edition we have, 1990 OrbitBooks, 1990 400 pages

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 and 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...

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Editions we hold

Use of Weapons edition · 2023 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 9780356521657
Use of Weapons hardcover · 2020 · Subterranean Press · 9781596069626
Use of Weapons Lib/E audiobook · 2013 · Hachette Book Group · 9781611131154
Use of Weapons edition · 2008 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 432 pages · 9780748110087
Use of Weapons paperback · 2008 · Orbit · 480 pages · 9780316030571
Use of Weapons ebook · 2008 · Orbit · 9780316068796
L'usage des armes edition · 2005 · Robert Laffont · 9782221105498
Use of Weapons edition · 1992 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 9780708870228
USE OF WEAPONS (CULTURE) paperback · 1992 · Bantam · 392 pages · 9780708883587
USE OF WEAPONS paperback · 1992 · Spectra · 9780553292244
Use of Weapons paperback · 1992 · Orbit · 434 pages
Use of Weapons hardcover · 1990 · Orbit · 352 pages · 9780356191607

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