Contents
Copyright
Prologue
1: Sorpen
2: The Hand of God 137
3: Clear Air Turbulence
4: Temple of Light
State of play: one
5: Megaship
6: The Eaters
Interlude in darkness
7: A Game of Damage
8: The Ends of Invention
State of play: two
9: Schar’s World
10: The Command System: Batholith
State of play: three
11: The Command System: Stations
12: The Command System: Engines
13: The Command System: Terminus
14: Consider Phlebas
Appendices: the Idiran-Culture war
Reasons: the Culture
Reasons: the Idirans
The war, briefly
Dramatis personae
Epilogue
Extras
Meet the Author
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