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Navigating tumultuous change with personal growth.
If you're feeling at a crossroads or facing significant changes in your life, "Transition" could be a grounding read for you. It delves into the phases of change and the emotional journey that accompanies them. This book might offer you insights and techniques to manage the upheaval and emerge stronger and more resilient.
- Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2010)
- Tähtivaeltaja Award Nominee (2014)
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Transition
by
Iain Banks
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ISBN: 9780349119274
Authors:
Iain Banks
Publisher: Abacus
Date of Publication: 2010-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics:
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Thriller,
Speculative Fiction,
Space,
Mystery
Goodreads rating: 3.87
(rated by 11119 readers)
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A world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global financial collapse, such a world requires a firm hand and a guiding light. But does it need the Concern: an all-powerful organisation with a malevolent presiding genius, pervasive influence and numberless invisible operatives in possession of extraordinary powers? On the Concern's books are Temudjin Oh, an un-killable assassin who journeys between the peaks of Nepal, a version of Victorian London and the dark palaces of Venice; and a nameless, faceless torturer known only as the Philosopher. And then there's the renegade Mrs Mulverhill, who recruits rebels to her side; and Patient 8262, hiding out from a dirty past in a forgotten hospital ward. As these vivid, strange and sensuous worlds circle and collide, the implications of turning traitor to the Concern become horribly apparent, and an unstable universe is set on a dizzying course.
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Navigating tumultuous change with personal growth.
If you're feeling at a crossroads or facing significant changes in your life, "Transition" could be a grounding read for you. It delves into the phases of change and the emotional journey that accompanies them. This book might offer you insights and techniques to manage the upheaval and emerge stronger and more resilient.
- Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2010)
- Tähtivaeltaja Award Nominee (2014)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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