The Risen Empire

Book One of Succession

Scott Westerfeld

Science Fiction

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From Scott Westerfeld, the acclaimed author of the Leviathan trilogy and the Uglies series comes a sweeping space opera, The Risen Empire, book one of the Succession duology.

The undead Emperor has ruled his mighty interstellar empire of eighty human worlds for sixteen hundred years. Because he can grant a form of eternal life, creating an elite known as the Risen, his power has been absolute. He and his sister, the Child Empress, who is eternally a little girl, are worshiped as living gods. No one can touch them.

Not until the Rix, machine-augmented humans who worship very different gods: AI compound minds of planetary extent. The Rix are cool, relentless fanatics, and their only goal is to propagate such AIs throughout the galaxy. They seek to end, by any means necessary, the Emperor's prolonged tyranny of one and supplant it with an eternal cybernetic dynasty of their own. They begin by taking the Child Empress hostage. Captain Laurent Zai of the Imperial Frigate Lynx is tasked with her rescue.

Separated by light-years, bound by an unlikely love, Zai and pacifist senator Nara Oxham must each in their own way, face the challenge of the Rix, and they each will hold the fate of the empire in their hands. The Risen Empire is the first great space opera of the twenty-first century.

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Über Scott Westerfeld

Scott Westerfeld wurde in Texas geboren. Er ist Komponist, Software-Designer und Autor zahlreicher renommierter Science-Fiction- und Jugendbücher, u.a. der international erfolgreichen Bücher "Ugly", "Pretty", "Special" und "Extras". Mit seiner Frau, der Autorin Justine Larbalestier, lebt er in New York und Sydney/Australien.


Verlag:

Tor Books

Veröffentlicht:

2008

Druckseiten:

ca. 283

Sprache:

English

Medientyp:

eBook


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