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The action begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. It is a place where souls linger after death and where they can be permanently trapped if they aren't careful. It's here that I found myself trapped, and it's here that I managed to escape. And now that I'm gone, the Culture has gone to war with the enemy who wants to trap all of us. The eels are an ancient enemy; they are a race of brutal monsters whose only goal is to destroy everything in their path. In order to stop them, the Culture has sent one of its most powerful warships on a mission into enemy territory.