The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances\' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action.
Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, USE OF Weapons is a masterpiece of science fiction..
But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past.
It believed the man to be a lost cause.
It had once saved the woman\'s life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner.
The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people.
The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought.
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances\' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action
