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Title The collapsing empire [electronic resource eBook] / John Scalzi.


Summary "John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today." —Joe Hill, author of The FiremanOur universe is ruled by physics. Faster than light travel is impossible—until 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. It's a hedge against interstellar war—and, for the empire's rulers, a system of control.The Flow is eternal—but it's 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 it's discovered that the entire Flow is moving, possibly separating all human worlds from one another forever, three individuals—a scientist, a starship captain, and the emperox of the Interdependency—must 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" —Booklist on The Collapsing Empire"Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced." —The Wall Street Journal on The Human Division"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." —Kirkus ReviewsAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Audience General adult.
System details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Format: Adobe EPUB eBook.
Format: OverDrive Read.
Requires Adobe Digital Editions.
Other edition Original 9781509835072
Genre Science fiction.
Electronic books.
SERIES Interdependency sequence ; 1
Other corporate author OverDrive, Inc.
ISBN 9780765388896
STANDARD # 56CCE5DB-5756-49E7-9816-58C71F55A5BF OverDrive
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