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Feersum Endjinn

Name: Feersum Endjinn
Rating: 3.84 (11560 reviews)
Author: Iain M. Banks

Iain M. Banks January 1, 1994

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After dying seven times, Count Alandre Sessine VII has only one life remaining, and he becomes a fugitive in search of others like himself while he tries to track down his killer. By the author of Use of Weapons. Reprint.

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