num_pages: 500
description: The international sensation Iain M. Banks offers readers a deeply imaginative, wittily satirical tale, proving once again that he is "a talent to be reckoned with" ("Locus"). In Excession, the Culture's espionage and dirty tricks section orders Diplomat Byr Gen-Hofoen to steal the soul of a long-dead starship captain. By accepting the mission, Byr irrevocably plunges himself into a conspiracy: one that could either lead the universe into an age of peace or to the brink of annihilation.
language: English
title: Excession
titlecomplete: Excession (Culture, #5)
characters: Byr Gen-Hofoen
genres: Audiobook, Cultural, Banks, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Space, Space Opera
ratings_count: 30049
series: Culture
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis
category: Bestes ausländisches Werk (Best Foreign Work), awardedAt: 820483200000
name: British Science Fiction Association Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: James Tiptree Jr. Award
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Premio Ignotus
category: Mejor novela extranjera (Best Foreign Novel), awardedAt: 852105600000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel (August Derlith Fantasy Award)
publisher: Random House Inc