![]() ![]() She's determined to be a good emperox, and she gets a hint early on of what's coming. She's surrounded by pomp and circumstance and conspiracy, in a position nobody ever expected her to inherit, and yet she makes the most of her situation despite that. ![]() ![]() Cardenia, the accidental heir to the Interdependency who assumes the title of "emperox" near the novel's beginning, is probably my favorite. The book, while not a comedy by any means, has a lot of small moments of comedy, guaranteed to make you smile. Scalzi's style is always accessible and witty, and that's visible from page one when he describes the proper legal procedures for a mutiny. The survival of the Interdependency will fall to a small cast of characters as they determine the exact situation and root out a greedy plot to take advantage of the situation. And bad news: the Flow is changing, possibly collapsing. Travel between the planets is possible because the Flow, an extradimensional space that serves as Scalzi's substitute for interdimensional travel. The Collapsing Empire takes place in the far future, where humanity has formed a galactic empire known as the Interdependency-so-called because each planet is dependent on the others. But then I started hearing all the buzz about the book (including the Hugo nomination), and my husband vouched for it, so here we are. I originally bought The Collapsing Empire for my husband, who loves John Scalzi's books. ![]()
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