01547nam a2200349 a 4500001001400000003000700014005001700021008004100038010001700079020003700096020002700133040002100160042000800181049002600189050002700215100002900242245003200271250001200303260000900315263000900324264003000333300001700363336002600380337002800406338002700434490001200461520052200473655002700995942001501022999001901037952014101056in00024271351US-DLC20260304110545.0250703s2025    nyu           000 0 eng    a  2025942427  a9780356521671q(trade paperback)  z9780316595070q(ebook)  aaubengerdacau  apcc  aAlfaisal Main Library  aPR6052.A485 bE93 20231 aBanks, Iain M.,eauthor.10aExcession /cIain M. Banks.  a1st us.  c2025  a2511 1aNew York :bOrbit,c2025.  a451 pages cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier0 aCulture  a"Two and a half millennia ago in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe, the artifact appeared. It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared. Now it is back. Diplomat Genar-Hofoen of Special Circumstances is sent to investigate but, sidetracked by an old flame and the spoiled-brat operative Ulver Seich, and faced with the systematic depravities of a race who call themselves the Affront, it's anyone's guess whether he'll succeed.."-- 0aPrint books.2local94  2lcccBOOKS  c608452d608452  00102lcc4070aAUbAUcGENd2026-03-04l0oPR6052.A485  E93 2023pPR6052.A485  E93 202r2026-03-04 11:15:29v215.00w2026-03-04yBOOKS