The Collapsing Empire

***2018 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 Man's War***

Our universe is ruled by physics. Faster than light travel is impossible—until 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. It’s a hedge against interstellar war—and, for the empire’s rulers, a system of control.

The Flow is eternal—but it’s 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 it’s discovered that the *entire* Flow is moving, possibly separating all human worlds from one another forever, three individuals—a scientist, a starship captain, and the emperox of the Interdependency—must 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*

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