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Matter
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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Only the sister is not what she once was. Djan Seriy Anaplian has changed almost beyond recognition to become an agent of the Culture's Special Circumstances section, charged with high-level interference in civilisations throughout the greater galaxy. Concealing her new identity, and her particular set of abilities, might be a dangerous strategy, however. In the world to which Anaplian returns, nothing is quite as it seems; and determining the appropriate level of interference in someone else's war is never a simple matter.
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- Conrad
- 28-04-2021
Way too abridged
Great book but I think they cut too much. Good performance, but try Player of Games or Use of Weapons if you are wanting to get into Banks via audiobook - read this one rather than listeming.
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- Matthew Georgeson
- 23-11-2023
WAY TOO ABRIDGED
See the title. So much is cut out it is hard to follow and even the ending is unnecessarily cryptic. Why abridge it so much? Who knows. The performance of the narrator is otherwise good.
It’s also not the best Culture novel; would definitely try others before this.
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