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. The story of Look To Windward is a story of Culture intervention that goes horribly wrong. The story of Look To Windward is a story of Culture intervention that goes horribly wrong. 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. One particular manoeuvre was responsible for exploding two suns and thereby losing billions of lives. 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. 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.com. It is, truly, provably, the End Days for the Gzilt civilization. It led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported. It led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported. 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 was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war. Check out this great listen on Audible.ca. And here;'s the twist, in the Civilisation of the Chel, from where Quilian originates death is no longer final. Look to windward. 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). 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. The Scavenger species are circling. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Look to Windward (A Culture Novel Book 6). Now, 800 years later, the light from the first of those ancient mistakes has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq. Get this from a library! It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war. [Iain Banks; Robert Lister] -- The Chelgrian Civil War saw destruction on a galactic scale. Now, 800 years later, the light from the first of those ancient mistakes has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq.