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Transition by Iain M. Banks is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Transition about?

From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Banks's latest novel opens with a warning from "Patient 8262" stating that he or she is an unreliable narrator, before the epic takes off, plunging the reader into a whirlwind of intricately constructed characters and detailed accounts of their experiences as they "flit" across multiple Earths. The cast of characters include Adrian, the greedy city trader, emblematic of the selfishness needed to become a "traveler"; the Philosopher, an assassin who despises killing; a catch-me-if-you-can rogue operative named Mrs. Mulverhill; and the imperious Madame d'Ortolan, possibly the leader of the Concern, a vast multi-world organization that claims to protect worlds from chaos, but may also hide a greater, darker purpose. Banks's prose is elegant and electric and his story dizzying, but inevitable contradictions are brilliantly tied together-the only way many characters maintain sanity is to question everything, and readers would be well-advised to do the same. Banks manages the neat feat of synthesizing 19th-century style with the cutting edge, the irreverent with the philosophical, and the intellectual with the adventurous. Product DescriptionThere is

Who reads Transition?

Author

Iain M. Banks

Publisher

Orbit

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780316731072

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction

Rating

3.85 / 5 (6,421 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14