{"product_id":"feersum-endjinn-iain-m-banks-9780316588362","title":"Feersum Endjinn","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Banks is a phenomenon.\" \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Gibson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chief Scientist Gad­fium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been awaiting from the Plain of Sliding Stones . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the time of the encroachment and everything is about to change. Although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, and the crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent - an emissary who holds the key to all their futures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Praise for the novels of Iain M. Banks: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution. \" -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future.\" -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jam-packed with extraordinary invention.\" -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Compulsive reading.\" -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooks by Iain M. Banks: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsider Phlebas \u003cbr\u003e The Player of Games \u003cbr\u003e Use of Weapons \u003cbr\u003e Excession \u003cbr\u003e Inversions \u003cbr\u003e Look to Windward \u003cbr\u003e Matter \u003cbr\u003e Surface Detail \u003cbr\u003e The Hydrogen Sonata\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe State of the Art\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst a Dark Background \u003cbr\u003e Feersum Endjinn \u003cbr\u003e The Algebraist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Also now available: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Culture: The Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e- an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iain M. Banks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316588369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316588362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orbit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.16d","brand":"Iain M. Banks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47243974312191,"sku":"9780316588362","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b8f8630-5c9c-4dde-b323-e73709fef5e5.jpg?v=1758134625","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/feersum-endjinn-iain-m-banks-9780316588362","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}