Excession Ali Hazelwood Haunting is their life--but nobody

Haunting is their life--but nobody working New Orleans' spooky circuit actually believes in ghosts

Ryan soon finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek played by two world powers--a game that could end in all-out war

Twenty-eight and barely making ends meet working at a country club

"The reigning queen of historical fiction" -- Fiona Davis

Excession Ali Hazelwood Haunting is their life--but nobodyThe novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre. "Banks is a phenomenon." William Gibson Two and a half millennia ago in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion year old dying sun from a different universe, the artifact appeared.