Description
A first edition, first printing of The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks, published by Orbit in 2004. A near fine book SIGNED on the title page by Banks, boards bound in publishers original brown cloth with silver titling to the spine, boards with light handling wear, minor browning to text block with some spotting. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with light bumping to extremities.
The Algebraist by Iain Banks is a space opera set in a far-future galaxy dominated by vast, slow-moving alien civilisations known as Dwellers. The story follows Fassin Taak, a human scholar tasked with uncovering a secret Dweller data trove that could alter the balance of power in a looming interstellar war. As he navigates political intrigue and alien mysteries, the novel explores themes of time, knowledge and the complexities of civilisations that operate on vastly different time scales.
