The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi is the dazzling follow-up to The Collapsing Empire - a space opera in a universe on the brink of destruction.
Praise for The Collapsing Empire '
Provocative and unexpected'
The Wall Street Journal '
Scalzi continues to be almost insufferably good at his brand of fun but think-y sci-fi adventure'
Kirkus Reviews '
Scalzi builds a fascinating new interstellar civilization in order to destroy it....[The Collapsing Empire is] amusing escapism full of guts and brains'
Ars Technica. and all of human civilization is at stake. . .
Nothing about this power struggle will be simple or easy .
A war that will take place in the halls of power, by the altars of worship and amongst the titans of industry as much as between spaceships.
While Grayland prepares for disaster, others prepare for civil war.
There are those who believe the collapse of the Flow is a myth - or an opportunity for them to ascend to power.
But it's not that easy.
Emperox Grayland II, the leader of the Interdependency, is ready to take those measures.
Billions of lives will be lost - unless desperate measures can be taken.
The Flow, the extra-dimensional pathway between the stars, is disappearing, leaving planets stranded.
The Interdependency, humanity's interstellar empire, is on the verge of collapse.
The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi is the dazzling follow-up to The Collapsing Empire - a space opera in a universe on the brink of destruction