This marks every aspect of her body from skin to teeth and is used to denote that she is owned as part of a debt her parents or grandparents ran up. Lededje is what’s known as an Indented Intagliate with a congenitally administered tattoo.
Lededje Y’breq has ran away from her owner Veppers and he, with the aid of two colleagues, is hunting her. To start with, we have a chase or more accurately a hunt. Initially, they are unconnected but, as the tale unfolds, you get to see how each tale has a bearing on another. The book starts with four separate stories, each given their own chapters.
I don’t suppose many readers who complete the 627 pages will reconsider the accuracy of the cover blurb as there will be so much more to consider. Apart from this the statement that ‘ It begins in the Real. It’s not going to war with death but with Hell or rather Hells as there’s quite a lot of them. The blurb on the back cover says that the Culture is going to war with death itself, which is a bit of artistic license. ‘Surface Detail’ is a Culture novel packed full of interesting ideas and sub-plots.
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