Consider Phlebas

Hardcover. English. MacMillan. 1987. First Edition. 467pp.

In fair/used condition - spine cracked but holding. Ex-library copy.

The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith, the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender.