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Excession

Diplomat Byr Genar-Hofoen is swept into a vast conspiracy that could lead the universe to the brink of annihilation when he is selected to investigate the disappearance of an ancient star.

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  • "A novel on a group of planets ruled by artificial minds in competition with each other. Adventurers take advantage of this competition to seize a planet's spaceships and a war breaks out. By the author of The Player of Games."
  • "Diplomat Byr Genar-Hofoen is swept into a vast conspiracy that could lead the universe to the brink of annihilation when he is selected to investigate the disappearance of an ancient star."@en
  • "A novel on a group of planets ruled by artificial minds in competition with each other. Adventurers take advantage of this competition to seize a planet's spaceships and a war breaks out."
  • "Set in the Culture universe, this is Iain M. Banks' latest novel, following the success of Feersum Endjinn. The Culture ships strive to retrieve an ancient, powerful artefact before it falls into the hands of their rivals."@en
  • "Au plus profond de l'espace interstellaire, vient de surgir une "excession", objet extraordinaire qui semble défier toutes les lois connues de la physique et provenir d'un univers supérieur, transcendant. La Culture, société galactique, décentralisée, hédoniste, composée d'humains et d'autres intelligences biologiques et même artificielles, ne peut ignorer ce défi."
  • "More than two millennia ago the appearance -- and disappearance -- of a star older than the universe caused quite a stir. Now the mystery is back, and the key to solving it lies in the mind of the person who witnessed the first disturbance 2,500 years ago. But she's dead, and getting her to cooperate may not be altogether easy."

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  • "Science Fiction"
  • "Roman écossais"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Science fiction"
  • "Science fiction"@en
  • "Fremtidsromaner"

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  • "Excesión"@es
  • "Excesión"
  • "Holtpont"
  • "Exzession Roman"
  • "Exzession : Roman"
  • "L'altro universo"@it
  • "L'altro universo"
  • "Excession"
  • "Excession"@en
  • "L'altro universo : romanzo"@it