The Collapsing Empire: The Interdependency, Book 1 (Unabridged)
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3.8 • 17 Ratings
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- £10.99
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- £10.99
Publisher Description
2018 Locus Award, Best Science Fiction Novel
Our universe is ruled by physics, and faster-than-light travel is not possible - until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field we can access at certain points in space-time that transports us to other worlds, around other stars.
Humanity flows away from Earth, into space, and in time forgets our home world and creates a new empire, the Interdependency, whose ethos requires that no one human outpost can survive without the others. It's a hedge against interstellar war - and a system of control for the rulers of the empire.
The Flow is eternal - but it is not static. Just as a river changes course, The Flow changes as well, cutting off worlds from the rest of humanity. When it's discovered that The Flow is moving, possibly cutting off all human worlds from faster-than-light travel forever, three individuals - a scientist, a starship captain, and the empress of the Interdependency - are in a race against time to discover what, if anything, can be salvaged from an interstellar empire on the brink of collapse.
Customer Reviews
So much shouting; so much swearing
Most of the character interactions are power trips; many of them involve shouting; many (way too many) involve swearing.
I'm no prude, and I 've really enjoyed other books by Scalz (Redshirts!l Agent to the Stars!), and I've liked Will Wheaton's reading of them, but this was just too too much for me to enjoy.
I tried to listen to this book several times, but never finished it - I always got really annoyed by the characters, especially Kiva (ALWAYS angry, ALWAYS cursing, and not beleivable). Did not enjoy the experience; wish I had not bought it. :-( So be warned.