Look to windward

by Iain Banks

It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war. It led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported. Now, eight hundred years later, the light from the first of those ancient mistakes has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq. The light from the second may not.

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
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What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
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