Invisible Sun
Empire Games: Book Three
Published on 30. September 2021
400 pages
978-1-4472-4761-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this chillingly resonant dystopian adventure, two parallel versions of America are locked in conflict. Invisible Sun concludes Charles Stross's Empire Games trilogy.
Two twinned worlds are facing attack.
The New American Commonwealth is caught in a deadly arms race with the USA, its rival in a parallel world. And the USA's technology is decades ahead of the Commonwealth.
Yet the Commonweath might self-combust first - its leader has just died, leaving a crippling power vacuum. Now, in a power grab by her oldest adversary, Minister Miriam Burgeson faces allegations of treason.
But all factions soon confront a far greater danger.
In their drive to explore other timelines, the high-tech USA awakened an alien threat. This force destroyed humanity on one version of Earth. And if the two superpowers don't take action, it will do the same to them.
Invisible Sun follows Empire Games and Dark State. This trilogy is set in the same dangerous parallel world as Charles Stross's Merchant Princes sequence.
Praise for the trilogy:
'Few other writers can match him for humour, creativity and sheer density of ideas' - SFX
'High-octane thriller action' - Starburst
'Sheer brilliance' - Kirkus Reviews
Two twinned worlds are facing attack.
The New American Commonwealth is caught in a deadly arms race with the USA, its rival in a parallel world. And the USA's technology is decades ahead of the Commonwealth.
Yet the Commonweath might self-combust first - its leader has just died, leaving a crippling power vacuum. Now, in a power grab by her oldest adversary, Minister Miriam Burgeson faces allegations of treason.
But all factions soon confront a far greater danger.
In their drive to explore other timelines, the high-tech USA awakened an alien threat. This force destroyed humanity on one version of Earth. And if the two superpowers don't take action, it will do the same to them.
Invisible Sun follows Empire Games and Dark State. This trilogy is set in the same dangerous parallel world as Charles Stross's Merchant Princes sequence.
Praise for the trilogy:
'Few other writers can match him for humour, creativity and sheer density of ideas' - SFX
'High-octane thriller action' - Starburst
'Sheer brilliance' - Kirkus Reviews
Reviews / Votes
Stross's ferociously imaginative world-building is on full display here . . . few other writers can match him for humour, creativity and sheer density of ideas -- <i>SFX</i> on <i>Empire Games</i> Sheer brilliance: when Stross is in this mood, nobody else comes close -- <i>Kirkus</i> starred review on <i>Dark State</i> High-octane thriller action, mixed in with personal drama and some fantastically sympathetic characters -- <i>Starburst</i> on <i>Dark State</i> Mind-boggling, complex and truly brilliant -- <i>Daily Mail</i> on <i>Empire Games</i> When intrigue, politics and suspense are so well executed, it doesn't matter which realm, dimension or timeline the participants hail from. Add to that a sense of mischief, wit and humour and Charles Stross gives you the full package -- Chris Brookmyre on <i>Empire Games</i> Plenty of fun -- <i>Locus</i> on <i>Dark State</i>More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
ISBN-13
978-1-4472-4761-6 (9781447247616)
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Person
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. Stross has won two Hugo awards and been nominated multiple 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. His novels include the popular Merchant Princes, Laundry Files and Empire Games series. Stross lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife Feorag, a couple of cats, several thousand books, and an ever-changing herd of obsolescent computers.
