Consider Phlebas
Feersum Endjinn
Inversions
Iain Banks
In the winter palace, the King's new physician has more enemies than she at first realises. But then she also has more remedies to hand than those who wish her ill can know about.
Look to Windward
Matter
State of the Art
Surface Detail
The Algebraist
The Player of Games
Iain Banks
Gurgeh, the master game player, faces the challenge of the most complex game ever invented
Use of Weapons
Iain Banks
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intigue, dirty tricks or military action.