Feersum Endjinn, Iain M. Banks
Feersum Endjinn, Iain M. Banks
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Feersum Endjinn

Author: Iain M. Banks

Narrator: Peter Kenny

Unabridged: 9 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 02/17/2026


Synopsis

The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.

"Banks is a phenomenon." —William Gibson, author of The Sprawl Trilogy

Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time. Chief Scientist Gad­fium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been awaiting from the Plain of Sliding Stones. Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt.

This is the time of the encroachment and everything is about to change. Although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, and the crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent—an emissary who holds the key to all their futures.

Praise for the novels of Iain M. Banks:

"Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution. " —The Independent on Sunday

"Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future." —The Guardian

"Jam-packed with extraordinary invention." —The Scotsman

"Compulsive reading." —The Sunday Telegraph

Also by Iain M. Banks:
The Culture
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
Excession
Inversions
Look to Windward
Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen Sonata
The State of the Art
Against a Dark Background
The Algebraist

About Iain M. Banks

Iain Banks (1954-2013) came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987 and began his celebrated ten-book Culture series. He is acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on February 09, 2017

This is a serious work of the imagination. It doesn't really fit in the Culture novels, but it's definitely some Hard-SF with a beautiful vision of a far old Earth filled with so many Big Ideas. We've got everything from allotted resurrections, ghosts solving their own murders, enormous and layered......more

Goodreads review by Brad on March 21, 2010

By looking at my star rating you might think I am not a fan of Iain M. Banks non-Culture novel Feersum Endjin. That is not the truth, though. I am a fan. A big fan, actually, but I try to stick to what the stars claim they are for, and since they range from "didn't like it" to "it was amazing" and a......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on November 18, 2020

This was incredible and also slightly perplexing. I'll definitely want to re-read at some point. As a reader you're immediately immersed in a set of odd characters and a world with some familiar sci-fi and fantasy elements, which is also wholly unfamiliar and bizarre. You'll need patience to get comf......more

Goodreads review by L.S. on December 28, 2020

What an oddball s-f novel. My first I. M. Banks. Instead of venturing down any paths eventually leading to me reading his other standalone novels, I will probably just revert to my original plan and start the Culture series. But about this one. It was post-Cyberpunk, with touches of high-ish fantasy.......more

Goodreads review by Erik on December 31, 2013

Iain M. Banks is the only sf author I've actively pursued in years. His Culture novels have been particularly interesting, their sociological framework being unusually intelligent for the genre. This is not a Culture novel per se, though, god knows, it may fit in somewhere as pre-C in the broad canva......more


Quotes

"Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution."—Independent on Sunday

"Compulsive reading."—Sunday Telegraph