The alternate timelines of Charles Stross' Empire Games trilogy have never been so entangled than in Invisible Sun —the techno-thriller follow up to Dark State —as stakes escalate in a conflict that could spell extermination for humanity across all known timelines.
An inter-timeline coup d'état gone awry.
A renegade British monarch on the run through the streets of Berlin.
And robotic alien invaders from a distant timeline flood through a wormhole, wreaking havoc in the USA.
Can disgraced worldwalker Rita and her intertemporal extraordaire agent of a mother neutralize the livewire contention before it's too late?
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
About the Author
CHARLES STROSS (he/him) is a full-time science fiction writer and resident of Edinburgh, Scotland. He has won three Hugo Awards for Best Novella, including for the Laundry Files tale “Equoid.” His work has been translated into over twelve languages. His novels include the bestselling Merchant Princes series, the Laundry series (including Locus Award finalist The Dilirium Brief ), and several stand-alones including Glasshouse , Accelerando , and Saturn's Children.
Like many writers, Stross has had a variety of careers, occupations, and job-shaped catastrophes, from pharmacist (he quit after the second police stakeout) to first code monkey on the team of a successful dot-com startup (with brilliant timing, he tried to change employers just as the bubble burst) to technical writer and prolific journalist covering the IT industry. Along the way he collected degrees in pharmacy and computer science, making him the world’s first officially qualified cyberpunk writer.
Review
"Complexly plotted and with characters to match, Dark State exceeds the promise of Empire Games. " ― Booklist , starred review
"No one beats [Stross] at hypertech." ― The Wall Street Journal on Empire Games
"A well-written book, full of mystery and intrigue, with entire worlds at stake." ―Michael Flynn on Empire Games
" A classic thriller in the Cold War spy mode...elegant...compelling." ― Locus on Empire Games
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The alternate timelines of Charles Stross' Empire Games trilogy have never been so entangled than in Invisible Sun —the techno-thriller follow up to Dark State —as stakes escalate in a conflict that could spell extermination for humanity across all known timelines.
An inter-timeline coup d'état gone awry.
A renegade British monarch on the run through the streets of Berlin.
And robotic alien invaders from a distant timeline flood through a wormhole, wreaking havoc in the USA.
Can disgraced worldwalker Rita and her intertemporal extraordaire agent of a mother neutralize the livewire contention before it's too late?
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
About the Author
CHARLES STROSS (he/him) is a full-time science fiction writer and resident of Edinburgh, Scotland. He has won three Hugo Awards for Best Novella, including for the Laundry Files tale “Equoid.” His work has been translated into over twelve languages. His novels include the bestselling Merchant Princes series, the Laundry series (including Locus Award finalist The Dilirium Brief ), and several stand-alones including Glasshouse , Accelerando , and Saturn's Children.
Like many writers, Stross has had a variety of careers, occupations, and job-shaped catastrophes, from pharmacist (he quit after the second police stakeout) to first code monkey on the team of a successful dot-com startup (with brilliant timing, he tried to change employers just as the bubble burst) to technical writer and prolific journalist covering the IT industry. Along the way he collected degrees in pharmacy and computer science, making him the world’s first officially qualified cyberpunk writer.
Review
"Complexly plotted and with characters to match, Dark State exceeds the promise of Empire Games. " ― Booklist , starred review
"No one beats [Stross] at hypertech." ― The Wall Street Journal on Empire Games
"A well-written book, full of mystery and intrigue, with entire worlds at stake." ―Michael Flynn on Empire Games
" A classic thriller in the Cold War spy mode...elegant...compelling." ― Locus on Empire Games