{"product_id":"book-hb8i","title":"The Algebraist","description":"\u003cb\u003eAs complex, turbulent and spectacular as the gas giant on which it is set, this novel from Iain M. Banks is space opera on a truly epic scale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An enormously enjoyable book, full of wonderful aliens, a sense of wonder and subtle political commentary on current events.” –\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars. Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers, will be fortunate if he makes it to the end of the year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Nasqueron Dwellers inhabit a gas giant on the outskirts of the galaxy, in a system awaiting its wormhole connection to the rest of civilization. In the meantime, they are dismissed as decadents living in a state of highly developed barbarism, hoarding data without order, hunting their own young and fighting pointless formal wars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Seconded to a military-religious order he's barely heard of - part of the baroque hierarchy of the Mercatoria, the latest galactic hegemony - Fassin Taak has to travel again amongst the Dwellers. He is in search of a secret hidden for half a billion years. But with each day that passes a war draws closer - a war that threatens to overwhelm everything and everyone he's ever known. \u003cp\u003e “Banks is a phenomenon…writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance.” –William Gibson \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “Banks writes with a sophistication that will surprise anyone unfamiliar with modern science fiction.” –\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cu\u003eFor More from Iain M. Banks, check out:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Culture series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsider Phlebas\u003cbr\u003e The Player of Games\u003cbr\u003e Use of Weapons\u003cbr\u003e The State of the Art\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","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50147791896880,"sku":"BDhb8i","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/hb8i-Square-cover.jpg?v=1778165212","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hb8i","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}