{"product_id":"the-collapsing-empire-the-interdependency-1-9780765388889","title":"The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency  1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e2018 LOCUS AWARD WINNER OF BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL 2018 HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL  John Scalzi is the most entertaining  accessible writer working in SF today. Joe Hill  author of The Fireman  The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning  New York Times-bestselling author of Redshirts and Old Mans War  Our universe is ruled by physics. Faster than light travel is impossibleuntil 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.  Riding 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. Its a hedge against interstellar warand  for the empires rulers  a system of control.  The Flow is eternalbut its 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 its discovered that the entire Flow is moving  possibly separating all human worlds from one another forever  three individualsa scientist  a starship captain  and the emperox of the Interdependencymust race against time to discover what  if anything  can be salvaged from an interstellar empire on the brink of collapse.  \"Fans of Game of Thrones and Dune will enjoy this bawdy  brutal  and brilliant political adventure\" Booklist on The Collapsing Empire  \"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.\" Kirkus Reviews on The Collapsing Empire  Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced. The Wall Street Journal on The Human Division  The Interdependency Series 1. The Collapsing Empire 2. The Consuming Fire\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647898017845,"sku":"ByrdShop_076538888X","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780765388889.jpg?v=1781699461","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-collapsing-empire-the-interdependency-1-9780765388889","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}