{"product_id":"9780765388902","title":"The Collapsing Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*2018 LOCUS AWARD WINNER OF BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e*2018 HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today.”  —Joe Hill, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fireman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRedshirts \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOld Man's War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRiding 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eentire\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fans of \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e will enjoy this bawdy, brutal, and brilliant political adventure\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003eon\u003ci\u003e The Collapsing Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eThe Collapsing Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Human Division\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Interdependency Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. \u003ci\u003eThe Collapsing Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eThe Consuming Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Scalzi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Mass market (rack) paperback","offer_id":44232368128160,"sku":"9780765388902","price":6.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_3d0cacdc-1244-4c8a-8c61-7f27f04d639d.jpg?v=1682964972","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780765388902","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}