The novel “Surface Detail” by Iain M. Banks was published for the first time in 2010. It’s part of the Culture series.

Lededje Y’breq is a slave owned by Joiler Veppers. When she tries once again to escape but gets caught another time, she bites his nose and he kills her in a fit of rage. Her mind, however, is transmitted to the closest Culture starship, where it’s transferred into a new body. Her only thought is to go back to her planet to take revenge but Veppers is the most powerful man of their civilization and that means among other things that he’s always surrounded by bodyguards.