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Use of Weapons

This summer, let the 'Culture' series carry you somewhere entirely unexpected

Step into the fractured mind of a man shaped by conflict, memory and manipulation. In the third of Iain M. Banks’s 'Culture' novels, Use of Weapons unravels across timelines and identities – challenging ideas of power, loyalty and the cost of war.

Illustrations by Dániel Taylor capture the stark beauty and unease of Banks’s universe, while the edition’s sleek design echoes the novel’s intricate structure – where every chapter is a weapon and every memory a reckoning.

Lose yourself in a world of shifting allegiances and haunting revelations – a place as vast and complex as the questions it raises.

Use of Weapons
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Illustrations © Dániel Taylor 2025, from Use of Weapons

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