Empire Games
$33.58
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2017
Summary
A time of ambition, treachery and dangerous secrets …
Rita Douglas is plucked from her dead-end job and trained as a reluctant US spy. All because she has the latent genetic talent to hop between alternate timelines - and infiltrate them. Her United States is waging a high-tech war, targeting assassins who can move between worlds to deliver death on a mass scale, and Rita will be their secret weapon.
Miriam Beckstein has her own mission, as a politician in an industrial revolu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781447246282 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1447246284 |
| Author: | Charles Stross |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Tor |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Empire Games |
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Critics Review
Shocks, surprises, reversals, and elaborations keep tumbling from Stross’s nimble fingers … . These books are immense fun
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
Mind-boggling, complex and truly brilliant – Daily Mail
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 – SFX
Empire Games is immensely compelling, an excellent novel: I look forward to seeing where the story goes from here – Locus
The keen eye and what-if imagination of Charles Stross fuel a fresh look at alternate worlds – David Brin * = *
Plenty of action … a complex storyline underpinned by convincing worldbuilding and evocative descriptions … immensely enjoyable – Interzone
Empire Games is a book that takes espionage, spy novels and The Cold War and then makes them … something else. It is as we expect of Stross’s novels – complex, thoughtful, entertaining – SFFWorld.com
Watch those blistering fingers as you turn the pages, Empire Games is fast-paced, intricate and thoroughly captivating. I look forward to reading the rest of the series – Shoreline of Infinity Magazine
It easily measures up to Charles Stross’s best novels such as Accelerando, Glasshouse and Rule 34. His clear and witty writing style as well the diverse environment and characters make this an entertaining journey – SciFiEmpire.net
Complex and subtle – Kirkus
About The Author
Charles Stross
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. To date, Stross has won two Hugo awards and been nominated twelve 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. Stross lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife Feorag, a couple of cats, several thousand books, and an ever-changing herd of obsolescent computers.
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