There’s a little fuzz to it because multiple intertwining storylines are common in Culture books. Like in Use of Weapons, I’m counting the main character as Zakalwe, but there’s a whole Diziet Sma plotline going on in there too. Anaplian in Matter acts mostly as a Culture SC agent even though she’s a princess from an industrial age society. Look to Windward is about Quilan, but it’s also about Masaq’ Hub.
I always forget there are more outside than inside Culture books. I always seem to think they were balanced somehow.
There’s a little fuzz to it because multiple intertwining storylines are common in Culture books. Like in Use of Weapons, I’m counting the main character as Zakalwe, but there’s a whole Diziet Sma plotline going on in there too. Anaplian in Matter acts mostly as a Culture SC agent even though she’s a princess from an industrial age society. Look to Windward is about Quilan, but it’s also about Masaq’ Hub.