A review by crimsoncor
Empire Games by Charles Stross

5.0

Enjoyed the Merchant Prince series back when I read it so was pleased to finally dig into this series. You always know the ideas are going to be top-notch when going into a Stross novel, but you have to wonder if the plot and characters are going to be able to carry those ideas. And I think in this novel he mostly succeeds. Rita's story is compelling and she is surrounded by enough other interesting characters that the ideas and infodumps are well integrated.