If it doesn't give that much to reflect upon, then you didn't read it very carefully. How about reflecting upon Horza's reasons to side with the Idirans? The l

If it doesn't give that much to reflect upon, then you didn't read it very carefully. How about reflecting upon Horza's reasons to side with the Idirans? The later installments of the "Culture" novels are in comparison just the empty triumphalism "Rah rah rah, the good guys won and lived happily ever after."