{"product_id":"empress-of-forever-9780765395818","title":"Empress of Forever","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the co-author of the viral \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eThis is How Your Lose the Time War.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A classic space opera...a universe we've never seen before.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eDelilah S. Dawson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Hugo Award finalist Max Gladstone comes a smart, swashbuckling, wildly imaginative adventure; the saga of a rag-tag team of brilliant misfits, dangerous renegades, and enhanced outlaws in a war-torn future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wildly successful innovator to rival Steve Jobs or Elon Musk, Vivian Liao is prone to radical thinking, quick decision-making, and reckless action. On the eve of her greatest achievement, she tries to outrun people who are trying to steal her success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the chilly darkness of a Boston server farm, Viv sets her ultimate plan into motion. A terrifying instant later, Vivian Liao is catapulted through space and time to a far future where she confronts a destiny stranger and more deadly than she could ever imagine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe end of time is ruled by an ancient, powerful Empress who blesses or blasts entire planets with a single thought. Rebellion is literally impossible to consider--until Vivian Liao arrives. Trapped between the Pride--a ravening horde of sentient machines--and a fanatical sect of warrior monks who call themselves the Mirrorfaith, Viv must rally a strange group of allies to confront the Empress and find a way back to the world and life she left behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA magnificent work of vivid imagination and universe-spanning action, \u003ci\u003eEmpress of Forever\u003c\/i\u003e is a feminist \u003ci\u003eGuardians of the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e crossed with \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e and spiced with the sensibility and spirit of Iain M. Banks and William Gibson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEmpress of Forever\u003c\/i\u003e is tense and vast, complex and twisty, a space opera epic that's a lot faster on the draw than \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e ever dreamed of being. But at its core, it's an epic about the value of empathy and the importance of compassion. It's amazingly good.\"--\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With \u003ci\u003eEmpress of Forever\u003c\/i\u003e, Max Gladstone's remarkable talent is operating at full stretch, demonstrating the strength, power, and originality at his command. This unique and propulsive novel yields a deep, cellular-level enchantment filled at every turn with curiosity and delight.\"--Peter Straub \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEmpress of Forever \u003c\/i\u003eis a story that will make you weep with wonder. The whole book is filled with the kind of snark that I love and an endless majesty of stars. It broke me to pieces and then stitched me back together with golden thread. Simply glorious.\"--K.B. Wagers, author of \u003ci\u003eBehind the Throne\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Galaxy-saving space opera with cool original settings and a unique band of adventurers that change each other for the better. It was a wild ride and I really enjoyed it.\"--Martha Wells, Hugo Award-winning author of The Murderbot Diaries \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Incorporates wonder and wit to create a feminist, humanist playground. Introduces one mind-blowing concept after another, capitalizing on the concept of personal power while candidly addressing personal failure. This feast for the imagination intelligently captures the complexities of a variety of relationships in an adrenaline-fueled series of escapades and will leave readers both exhausted and elated.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fantastic tale of adventure on the grandest scale of epic space opera, spanning galaxies full of battles and traps as well as trade and negotiation, all told with humor as the crew seeks allies, weapons, and ships to fight back against The Empress to save the galaxy--and so Viv can find her way home.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Vivian is an amazing woman: with no more than her sharp wit in a universe of AIs and enhanced beings, she still ends up being the key to the truth. Gladstone's epic space opera and fast-paced adventure will thrill readers.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso Available by Max Gladstone: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Craft Sequence\u003cbr\u003e1. \u003ci\u003eThree Parts Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eTwo Serpents Rise\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e3. \u003ci\u003eFull Fathom Five\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e4. \u003ci\u003eLast First Snow\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eFour Roads Cross\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e6. \u003ci\u003eRuin of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Craft Wars\u003cbr\u003e1. \u003ci\u003eDead Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eWicked Problems\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Exit\u003cbr\u003eEmpress of Forever\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is How You Lose the Time War \u003c\/i\u003e(with Amal El-Mohtar)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAX GLADSTONE is a fencer, a fiddler, and a two-time finalist for the John W. 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