Was reading "the sacred cut" by David Hewson, but put it down after reading about a quarter of it. I don't know if it's the book or if I'm generally tired of the genre. So, was looking for something else, found Ian Banks' "the hydrogen sonata" on my e-reader, and decide to read it. I've read a number of the other culture books, but stopped during "matter" (it read more like fantasy than SF and I wasn't in the mood for that). This one's nice so far, we'll see how it unfolds.