Galactic Empires is an anthology of six original, never‑before‑published science‑fiction novellas, all commissioned specifically for this volume. It represents Dozois’s second major original‑novella project for the Science Fiction Book Club, following One Million A.D. (2005).
The anthology focuses on “widescreen space opera”, featuring large‑scale interstellar civilizations, political intrigue, and galaxy‑spanning conflict.