Excession is a 1996 science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks. It is the fifth in the Culture series, a series of ten science fiction novels which feature a utopian fictional interstellar society called the Culture. Wikipedia
Originally published: 1996
Author: Iain Banks
Followed by: Inversions
Awards: Best Novel (1996) BSFA
Cover artist: Mark Salwowski
Genre: Science fiction
Pages: 451