Use of Weapons

Use of Weapons

Iain M. Banks • Orbit

ISBN-10: 0316068799 · ISBN-13: 978‑0356191607 · 1990 · 1st Edition

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Iain M. Banks’s third Culture novel, Use of Weapons, presents a non-linear exploration of the life of Zakalwe, a mercenary employed by the Culture’s Special Circumstances division. Through a bifurcated narrative structure that moves both forward and backward in time, the text examines the moral ambiguity of interventionism and the psychological toll of perpetual warfare in a post-scarcity society.

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