A Song of Stone (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved NightGeometry’s request to combine 2 books, including A Song of Stone, 1 day ago.

NightGeometry submitted a request to combine 2 books, including A Song of Stone, 2 days ago.

Shelfari edited the description of A Song of Stone Sunday, August 2 2009.

• A European nation not unlike Bosnia: armed forces roam the lawless land where dark columns of smoke rise up from the surrounding farms and houses. The war is ending, perhaps ended. But for the castle and its occupants, a young lord and lady, the trouble is just beginning. Fearing an invasion of soldiers, the amorous couple takes to the road with the other refugees, disguised in rags. But the brutal female lieutenant of an outlaw band of guerrillas has other ideas. Just hours into their escape, the fleeing aristocrats are delivered back to the castle, where, now prisoners in their own home, they become pawns in the lieutenant's dangerous game of desire, deceit, and death. A Song of Stone demonstrates Iain Banks's unique ability to combine gripping narrative with a soaring, voyaging imagination. This noir fable confirms his reputation as the master of things dark and debauched. Singular, haunting, and viciously wry, A Song of Stone is a tour de force of contemporary fiction.

Shelfari edited the contributors of A Song of Stone Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Iain Banks: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of A Song of Stone Friday, July 17 2009.

• Winter always was my favourite season.