Iain Banks' latest science fiction title is set in the universe of the Culture. The Excession has reappeared in a remote corner of space, but the one person who might be able to explain its incredible potential is not available. So the Excession waits, but the Culture needs to understand it before they fall into its hands. "Staggering imaginative energy" "Independent". Bank's other sci-fi titles include "Consider Phlebas" and "Feersum Endjinn".