ARGONAUT BOOKS

The year is 4034. The Nasqueron Dwellers, regarded as barbaric by the rest of the solar system, live on a gas giant at the edge of the universe. Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of the Dwellers, must uncover a secret hidden for half a billion years, but everyday war comes closer.

Reviews
There is now no British SF writer to whose work I look forward with greater keenness
The TIMES

Confirms Banks as the standard by which the rest of SF is judged
The GUARDIAN

Explosive
Sunday TIMES

Gripping, touching and funny
T.L.S.