I found Ian M Banks Recomedations of the following novel:
Seeds of Earth
(The first book in the Humanity's Fire series)
(2008)
A novel by
Michael Cobley
"Proper galaxy-spanning Space Opera."
Iain M Banks
First contact: the dream that became a nightmare when the first alien life encountered swarmed locust-like through the solar system. Merciless. Relentless. Unstoppable. With little hope of halting the invading forces, Earth's last, desperate roll of the die was to send out three colony ships, seeds of Earth, to different parts of the galaxy. Earth may perish but the human race would live on ...somewhere. 150 years later, the human colony on the planet Darien has established a new world for Humanity and forged a peaceful relationship with the planet's indigenous race, the gentle, scholarly Uvovo. But there are secrets buried on Darien. Life is about to change for the last children of Earth, as surprises spring from below and above. How will the Darien colonists react when all they have worked for is overturned at a stroke? And what choices will the Uvovo make when their true nature is revealed and the skies grow dark with enemies?
Some other authors I found that this site where it said visitors who had looked at Ian M Banks also checked out the followin Authors. I have never read there novels but you might want to check them out. I will put the link to the sight under sources.
Peter F Hamilton
Alastair Reynolds
Stephen Baxter
Neal Asher
Charles Stross
Greg Bear
Dan Simmons
Richard Morgan
Kevin J Anderson
Neal Stephenson
David Weber
China Miéville
William Gibson
Larry Niven
Hope these help. - Cass
