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Against a Dark Background

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About “Against a Dark Background”

Sharrow, formerly the leader of a combat team in a commercial war within the Golterian civilization, is pursued by the Huhsz, a religious cult that views her as the final barrier to their faith's fulfillment. Her survival depends on locating the last of the apocalyptically powerful Lazy Guns before the Huhsz capture her, leading her on a destructive journey through the Golterian system that confronts her past and the history of her family and the system.

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Published
1993
Latest edition
1993 · ISBN 9780316036375
ISBN
9780316036375

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Against a Dark Background by Iain Banks has 626 pages.

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