The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, 1)

The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, 1)

<p><b>“John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today.” ―Joe Hill, author of <i>The Fireman</i></b><br><b><i></i></b><br><b>The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning, <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of <i>Redshirts </i>and </b><i><b>Old Man's War</b></i><br><i></i><br>Our 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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 <i>entire</i> 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.</p><p><b>"Fans of <i>Game of Thrones </i>and <i>Dune</i> will enjoy this bawdy, brutal, and brilliant political adventure" ―<i>Booklist </i>on<i> The Collapsing Empire</i></b></p><p><b>"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." ―<i>Kirkus Reviews </i>on <i>The Collapsing Empire</i></b></p><p><b>“Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced.” ―<i>The Wall Street Journal</i> on <i>The Human Division</i></b></p>