The Culture — a human/machine symbiotic society — has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer and strategy.
Bored with success, Gurgeh...
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In the...
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Silent,...
n. 1. the fact of being an accomplice, esp. in a criminal act
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It begins with a murder.
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