The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, 1)

*2018 LOCUS AWARD WINNER OF BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL* *2018 HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL* ôJohn Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today.ö ùJoe Hill, author of The Fireman The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Redshirts and Old Man's War Our universe is ruled by physics. Faster than light travel is impossibleùuntil the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available at certain points in space-time, which can take us to other planets around other stars. Riding The Flow, humanity spreads to innumerable other worlds. Earth is forgotten. A new empire arises, the Interdependency, based on the doctrine that no one human outpost can survive without the others. ItÆs a hedge against interstellar warùand, for the empireÆs rulers, a system of control. The Flow is eternalùbut itÆs not static. Just as a river changes course, The Flow changes as well. In rare cases, entire worlds have been cut off from the rest of humanity. When itÆs discovered that the entire Flow is moving, possibly separating all human worlds from one another forever, three individualsùa scientist, a starship captain, and the emperox of the Interdependencyùmust race against time to discover what, if anything, can be salvaged from an interstellar empire on the brink of collapse. "Fans of Game of Thrones and Dune will enjoy this bawdy, brutal, and brilliant political adventure" ùBooklist on The Collapsing Empire "Political plotting, plenty of snark, puzzle-solving, and a healthy dose of action...Scalzi continues to be almost insufferably good at his brand of fun but think-y sci-fi adventure." ùKirkus Reviews on The Collapsing Empire ôScalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced.ö ùThe Wall Street Journal on The Human Division The Interdependency Series 1. The Collapsing Empire 2. The Consuming Fire

• | Author: John Scalzi
• | Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
• | Publication Date: Jan 02, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0765388901
• | ISBN-13: 9780765388902