Empire
By Orson Scott Card
(Tor Books, Hardcover, 9780765316110, 352pp.)
Publication Date: November 28, 2006
Categories: Science Fiction - High Tech
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The American Empire has grown too fast, and the fault lines at home are stressed to the breaking point. The war of words between Right and Left has collapsed into a shooting war, though most people just want to be left alone.
The battle rages between the high-technology weapons on one side, and militia foot-soldiers on the other, devastating the cities, and overrunning the countryside. But the vast majority, who only want the killing to stop and the nation to return to more peaceful days, have technology, weapons and strategic geniuses of their own.
When the American dream shatters into violence, who can hold the people and the government together? And which side will you be on?
Orson Scott Card is a master storyteller, who has earned millions of fans and reams of praise for his previous science fiction and fantasy novels. Now he steps a little closer to the present day with this chilling look at a near future scenario of a new American Civil War.
Orson Scott Card is the bestselling author of Ender's Game, and is one of Tor’s most successful writers. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.
“There is no denying the power of his storytelling, and the vision. There is no chance that this commercial House of Card will topple.” —SF Commentary "Card's latest installment in his Shadow subseries (Ender's Shadow , etc.), which parallels the overarching series that began with Ender's Game (1985), does a superlative job of dramatically portraying the maturing process of child into adult. … Now, as young adults in command of human armies pitted against each other in messy conflicts with no clear solutions, Bean's old cohorts must help create a peaceful future for Earth after they're gone. Card makes the important point that there's always more than one side to every issue. Fans will marvel at how subtly he has prepared for the clever resolution." — Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on Shadow of the Giant
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