Scan barcode
A review by midici
The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
4.0
This is the second Scalzi book I've read, and I enjoyed it as much as the first. There's something so entertaining about this high-tech, galaxy-spanning empire being populated by - people. Smart people, dumb people, nerdy people, manipulative people - all sorts. But there isn't one character that I couldn't imagine existing today and it's appealing to have what feel like contemporary characters in this epic space drama.
Humanity has taken advantage of the Flow - a sort of inter-dimensional river that allows them to travel vast distances. As with real rivers - you can only follow where it leads. This has led to several impractical cities in all sorts of unlikely places, simply because the Flow leads to and from that location. The things about rivers of course, is that they're ever-changing. They move. and when they move, there's no way to go back to the place that has been cut off.
While most people are in blissful ignorance as to the true nature of Flow, some people have realized not only that the Flow can change, but that it is in a state of Flux and it's about to change quickly. Marce is a physicist who wants to warn people about the Flow collapse, and save as many people as possible. House Nohamapetan and House Lagos are warring merchant guilds that want to use this information to their advantage. And Cardenia is the woman who has unexpectedly become Empress of an empire that's on the brink of an unimaginable catastrophe.
I loved this first book, so I'll need to go find the second, pronto.
Humanity has taken advantage of the Flow - a sort of inter-dimensional river that allows them to travel vast distances. As with real rivers - you can only follow where it leads. This has led to several impractical cities in all sorts of unlikely places, simply because the Flow leads to and from that location. The things about rivers of course, is that they're ever-changing. They move. and when they move, there's no way to go back to the place that has been cut off.
While most people are in blissful ignorance as to the true nature of Flow, some people have realized not only that the Flow can change, but that it is in a state of Flux and it's about to change quickly. Marce is a physicist who wants to warn people about the Flow collapse, and save as many people as possible. House Nohamapetan and House Lagos are warring merchant guilds that want to use this information to their advantage. And Cardenia is the woman who has unexpectedly become Empress of an empire that's on the brink of an unimaginable catastrophe.
I loved this first book, so I'll need to go find the second, pronto.