Inversions by Iain Banks
In a pre-industrial realm, two intertwined narratives follow a brilliant foreign physician advising a progressive monarch and a seasoned bodyguard serving a hardline ruler. Through courtly intrigues, conspiracies, and war, both figures subtly deploy knowledge and methods far beyond their world, unsettling entrenched powers and provoking moral quandaries about rule, reform, and responsibility. Their mirrored journeys—one toward change, the other toward stability—reveal how compassion, violence, and secrecy shape destinies, while hints of an unseen, more advanced order cast long shadows over every choice.
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- Published
- 1998
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- British
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- 320-360
- Original Language
- English
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