The Player of Games by Iain M Banks, Book #2 of The Culture series.
Introduction
In The Player of Games by Iain M Banks, Gurgeh is a Master of Games who gets the chance to play the ultimate game of skill. Jernau Morat Gurgeh is a citizen of the Culture. The Culture provides for all their citizens’ needs. Superior AI minds rule the citizens. Gurgeh could remain in his chosen click, but he has the need to do something risky and intriguing. Will Gurgeh be tempted to go on an adventure or will he contimue as he has been?
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Links
This is the link to the Goodreads page of The Player of Games by Iain M Banks.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19819475-the-player-of-games
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