01493cam a2200313 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025010001700066020003100083035001200114035002000126040002200146042001400168049002600182050002200208100002900230245003300259260002700292264001100319300002200330336002600352337002800378338002700406520055300433655002700986942001501013999001901028952013201047310614520251228091909.0990429s1998    enk           000 1 eng d  a   99201777   a9781982156107c(paperback)  a3106145  a(OCoLC)40307511  aNOCcNOCdDLCbAU  alccopycat  aAlfaisal Main Library00aPR6052.A485b20231 aBanks, Iain,d1954-2013.10aInversions /cIain M. Banks.  aLondon :bOrbit,c2023  c©2023  a376 pagesc24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIn the winter palace, the King's new physician has more enemies than she at first realises. But then she also has more remedies to hand than those who wish her ill can know about. In another palace across the mountains, in the service of the regicidal Protector General, the chief bodyguard too has his enemies. But his enemies strike more swiftly, and his means of combating them are more traditional. Both the doctor and the bodyguard have at least one person they care for deeply and who cares for them. None of them, however, can risk saying so 0aPrint books.2gsafd94  2lcccBOOKS  c608203d608203  00102lcc4070aAUbAUcGENd2025-12-28l0oPR6052.A485 2023pAU00000000021202r2025-12-28 09:20:16v135.00w2025-12-28yBOOKS