by Iain Banks · Abacus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349119274
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«Transition» is a science fiction novel by Iain Banks, published by Abacus in paperback (480 pages, in English).
The novel presents a multiverse of parallel worlds in tension between triumph and catastrophe, with the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11 as historical references. An all-powerful organization, the Concern, controls agents with extraordinary powers, including an immortal assassin, a greedy stockbroker, and a torturer known as the Philosopher.
The Abacus paperback edition appeared in July 2010; the work was originally published in 2009.
For readers of science fiction and suspense interested in parallel universes and secret organizations.
Iain Menzies Banks was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks. His books have been adapted for theatre, radio, and television. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
