Against a dark background by Iain m. banks

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Against a Dark Background
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From science fiction master Iain M. Banks comes a standalone adventure of one woman on the run in an isolated galaxy.  Sharrow was once the leader of a personality-attuned combat team in one of the sporadic little commercial wars in the civilization based around the planet Golter. Now she is hunted by the Huhsz, a religious cult which believes that she is the last obstacle before the faith's apotheosis, and her only hope of escape…
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