num_pages: 371
description: The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action.The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought.The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a lost cause. But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past.Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, USE OF WEAPONS is a masterpiece of science fiction.
language: English
title: Use of Weapons
titlecomplete: Use of Weapons
characters: Cheradenine Zakalwe, Skaffen-Amstikaw, Diziet Sma
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Cultural, Audiobook, War, Space, Fantasy, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy
ratings_count: 46502
series: Culture
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis
category: Bester ausländischer SF-Roman (Best Foreign Work), awardedAt: 631180800000
name: British Science Fiction Association Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: Roman étranger
publisher: Orbit (London)