{"product_id":"inversions-paperback","title":"Inversions - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIain M. Banks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engrossing portrait of an alien world and two very different people bound by a startling and mysterious secret from the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Player of Games \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eConsider Phlebas\u003c\/i\u003e Iain M. Banks.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a backward world with six moons, an alert spy reports on the doings of one Dr. Vosill, who has mysteriously become the personal physician to the king despite being a foreigner and, even more unthinkably, a woman. Vosill has more enemies than she first realizes. But she also has more remedies in hand than those who wish ill can ever guess. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElsewhere, in another palace across the mountains, a man named DeWar serves as chief bodyguard to the Protector General of Tassasen, a profession he describes as the business of \"assassinating assassins.\" DeWar, too, has his enemies, but his foes strike more swiftly, and his means of combating them are more direct. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one trusts the doctor, and the bodyguard trusts no one, but is there a hidden commonality linking their disparate histories? Spiraling around a central core of mystery, deceit, love, and betrayal, \u003ci\u003eInversions\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling work of science fiction from \"a talent to be reckoned with\" (\u003ci\u003eLocus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) at the height of his remarkable powers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIain M. Banks (1954-2013), one of the United Kingdom's most popular science fiction authors, wrote such highly regarded novels as \u003ci\u003eConsider Phlebas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExcession\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInversions.\u003c\/i\u003e Under the name \"Iain Banks,\" he also published mainstream fiction, including such novels as \u003ci\u003eThe Wasp Factory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Song of Stone.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.19 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691485368383,"sku":"9781982156107","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fc082c9adfc42052ef7c30ff0eb2ef8e.webp?v=1764992266","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/inversions-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}