And here;'s the twist, in the Civilisation of the Chel, from where Quilian originates death is no longer final. Check out this great listen on Audible.ca. Get this from a library! The Scavenger species are circling. And it is told from the viewpoint of one soldier, one Major Quilian who during the course of a very short civil war lost his one true love. It led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported. Check out this great listen on Audible.com. It led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported. The story of Look To Windward is a story of Culture intervention that goes horribly wrong. And here;'s the twist, in the Civilisation of the Chel, from where Quilian originates death is no longer final. It is, truly, provably, the End Days for the Gzilt civilization. It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war. The story of Look To Windward is a story of Culture intervention that goes horribly wrong. Look to Windward is a pseudo-sequel to Banks' first Culture novel, Consider Phlebas (with both titles drawn from verses of Eliot's The Wasteland). [Iain Banks; Robert Lister] -- The Chelgrian Civil War saw destruction on a galactic scale. An ancient people, organized on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful, the Gzilt helped set up the Culture 10,000 years earlier and were very nearly one of its founding societies, deciding not to join only at the last moment. Hailed by SFX magazine as "an excellent hopping-on point if you've never read a Banks SF novel before," Look to Windward is an awe-inspiring immersion into the wildly original, vividly realized civilization that Banks calls the Culture. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Look to Windward (A Culture Novel Book 6). Look to windward. And it is told from the viewpoint of one soldier, one Major Quilian who during the course of a very short civil war lost his one true love. Look to Windward (A Culture Novel Book 6) - Kindle edition by Banks, Iain M.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war. Now, 800 years later, the light from the first of those ancient mistakes has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq. One particular manoeuvre was responsible for exploding two suns and thereby losing billions of lives. Now, 800 years later, the light from the first of those ancient mistakes has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq.