Empire Games

#1 Empire Games

Charles Stross

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Tor U.K.
31 January 2017

Adventure; Science fiction; Science; Biology; Society; Superpowers; Political Sci-Fi; Military; Advanced Technology; Alternate Reality

Series: Empire Games

GALAXY BOOKSELLER PICK ----- It seems political agendas now even reach between universes in this fast-paced, engaging science-fiction trilogy set around 20-years following the conclusion Charles Stross’s acclaimed Merchant Princes series.

Empire Games introduces readers to multiple timelines and is set primarily in a United States that has become a total police state in its efforts to track down individuals – known as World-Walkers – with the coveted (and highly feared) genetic ability to travel from one time-stream to another. Raised by her paranoid grandfather, Rita, the daughter of the wanted World-Walker fugitive Miriam, suddenly finds herself forcefully drawn into the manipulations of a Government determined to mould her into their inter-dimensional spy.

The plot moves quickly, keeping the reader on edge as each timeline teeters on the brink of war. Fans of his earlier work may be aware of more backstory to certain characters but this new series can certainly be followed when read on its own. I thoroughly enjoyed the writing and characterisations in this novel and look forward to the next in the series! - Tamara

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A time of ambition, treachery and dangerous secrets... Rita Douglas is plucked from her dead-end job and trained as a reluctant US spy. All because she has the latent genetic talent to hop between alternate timelines - and infiltrate them. Her United States is waging a high-tech war, targeting assassins who can move between worlds to deliver death on a mass scale, and Rita will be their secret weapon. Miriam Beckstein has her own mission, as a politician in an industrial revolution US. She must accelerate her world's technology before their paranoid American twin finds them. It would blow them to hell. After all, they've done it before. Each timeline also battles internal conspiracies, as a cold war threatens to turn white hot. But which world is the aggressor - and will Rita have to choose a side? This new series is set in the same world as Charles Stross' 'Merchant Princes' series.

By: Charles Stross
Imprint: Tor U.K.
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Air Iri OME
Volume: Book 1
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 449g
ISBN: 9781447245391
ISBN 10: 1447245393
Series: Empire Games
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 31 January 2017
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charles Stross was born in Leeds, England, in 1964. He has worked as a pharmacist, software engineer and freelance journalist, but now writes full-time. To date, Stross has won two Hugo awards and been nominated twelve times. He has also won the Locus Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best Novella and has been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke and Nebula Awards. In addition, his fiction has been translated into around a dozen languages. Stross lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife Feorag, a couple of cats, several thousand books, and an ever-changing herd of obsolescent computers.

Reviews for Empire Games (#1 Empire Games)

Shocks, surprises, reversals, and elaborations keep tumbling from Stross's nimble fingers ... These books are immense fun Locus on the Merchant Princes series Fantasies with this much invention, wit and gusto don't come along every day SFX on the Merchant Princes series One of the defining phenomena of twenty-first century SF is Charles Stross, for the quality of his work at its best Time Out on the Merchant Princes series The keen eye and what-if imagination of Charles Stross fuel a fresh look at alternate worlds David Brin