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Against a Dark Background
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A 1994 stand-alone science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks, better known for his Culture novels.Sharrow, a cynical, emotionally scarred aristocrat who once led a personality-bonded combat squadron, is warned by her cousin that the cult who killed her mother when she was very young has obtained a Hunting Passport against her, a legal license to murder for a year and a day. There are only two ways out; survive the year, or return what her long-ago female ancestor stole from the cult: the last Lazy Gun, a whimsical weapon of destruction.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })She reassembles her team to search for the Gun, but bad luck in the present and the events of the past stalk her as she gets closer and closer to her goal.There's an epilogue not printed in the novel which Iain Banks published online; it's available here. It provides further detail on the ending, changing the tone of the book to some degree. | |
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Alien Sky: The story is set within a lone solar system that is outside a galaxy. This is revealed two-thirds through the book, but hinted at a several points, notably in night-time scenes where starlight is not mentioned but "junklight" (light reflected from satellites & space junk in orbit above) is. | |
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Ace Pilot: Sharrow, during the flashbacks to the Five Per Cent War. | |
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Absent Aliens: Possibly. Golter orbits a star which sits out in deep space, between galaxies, and they expressly don't have the technology to detect any aliens, let alone reach them. The fact that they're all alone in the universe is posited as a possible factor in why Golter's history is so warlike. | |
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Action Girl: Sharrow. | |
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