Feersum Endjinn A Novel

<b>Ever since his stunning novel <i>The Wasp Factory </i>set readers on fire, Iain M. Banks has been defying category and convention with his thrilling speculative fiction. Now he goes a step beyond his previous imaginative journeys to create his most exciting and provocative science fiction novel yet.</b><br><br>Count Alandre Sessine VII has already died seven times. He has only one life left - one last chance to catch his killer. His only clues point to a conspiracy beyond his own murder. For a catastrophe is fast approaching the earth from which there is no escape - until a loophole through apocalypse is discovered. And a chosen few will do anything to keep it a secret. <br><br>Someone has betrayed Sessine, killed him before he could uncover the truth. Now he has three days before his funeral to live the way men used to live: restricted to one life where one mistake could be his last. <br><br>Suddenly he finds himself an outlaw, a fugitive, a desperado. <br><br>And his only hope of survival is finding others like himself. <br><br>Others who hold a piece of the puzzle to an enigmatic weapon of salvation and chaos...