The Recurring Cast
The Culture book 2 · 1988

The Player of Games

Jernau Morat Gurgeh, one of the Culture’s greatest game players, is sent to the brutal Empire of Azad, where a fiendishly complex game decides who rules.

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Book facts

Author
Iain M. Banks
Series
The Culture, book 2 of 10
Published
1988
Setting
Set in space
Characters charted
1
Chart confidence
High

Who is in The Player of Games

1 recurring or key character from Iain M. Banks’s chart. Introduces Jernau Morat Gurgeh.

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