The Collapsing Empire: The Interdependency, Book 1
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (516 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01L2PERQY |
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| Number of Pages | : | 309 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Only Half a Story DG About two thirds of the way through it starts becoming obvious that the story isn't going to wrap up in this volume. I'm okay with the idea of a multi-volume saga, but in previous series Scalzi at least wrapped up the story in each book, and then the next book is more of a sequel. In this case the book just ends pretty much right in the middle of the action. It's almost as if he wrote an entire story. Str8talk said but is not one of Scalzi's best. The ending was a bit abrupt. This book is a decent read, but is not one of Scalzi's best. The ending was a bit abrupt, so I am speculating there will be a sequel.. John Scalzi is a terrific author. Lately he is selling appetizers at entree M. Irvin John Scalzi is a terrific author. Lately he is selling appetizers at entree prices. This book feels like one third of a story selling for full price.
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.. 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. 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. Our universe is ruled by physics, and faster-than-light trave