{"product_id":"against-a-dark-background-9780316036375","title":"Against a Dark Background","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom science fiction master Iain M. Banks comes a standalone adventure of one woman on the run in an isolated galaxy. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSharrow 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 is to find the last of the apocalyptically powerful Lazy Guns before the Huhsz find her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer journey through the exotic Golterian system is a destructive and savage odyssey into her past, and that of her family and of the system itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIain Banks\u003c\/b\u003e came to controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Wasp Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1984. He has since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Orbit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644467351826,"sku":"9780316036375","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_632fe650-008c-4cb0-8e47-29162650a7a3.jpg?v=1733111028","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/against-a-dark-background-9780316036375","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}