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'As good as anything Banks has ever written, if not better' Sunday Telegraph After years of exile, Alban Wopuld has been summoned back to his family's highland estate, Garbadale. The Wopuld clan are closing ranks. They have built their fortune on the boardgame Empire! - which... Read Full Overview

Dark family secrets and a long-lost love affair lie at the heart of a fabulous new novel by the author of "Matter "and "The Wasp Factory"""The Wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called Empire , now a hugely successful computer game. So successful, in fact, thatthe... Read Full Overview

Dark family secrets, a long-lost love affair and a multi-million pound gaming business lie at the heart of Iain Banks's fabulous new novel. The Wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called Empire! - now a hugely successful computer game. So successful, the American... Read Full Overview