The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances foremostagents changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intriguedirty t... » 

The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances foremostagents changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intriguedirty tricks and military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked himfrom obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence but despite alltheir dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known asSkaffenAmtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the womans lifeby massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed theman to be a lost cause. But not even its machine could see the horrors in hispast. Ferociously intelligent both witty and horrific USE OF WEAPONS is amasterpiece of science fiction. «