Surface Detail is one of my favourites, for any Culture geek how can you not smile when “Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints” is introduced?
In fact, the Guardian has this to say in the review:
” In Surface Detail the stand-out character is a sadistic Abominator class ship called the “Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints”. The warship’s barely concealed glee when, after centuries of waiting, it finally gets to blow some other ships up, is hilarious”