For unclear reasons, or maybe because of how I just described her, she’s got a big target on her back and many enemies. Vivian Lao – Viv – is one of the smartest, richest and most powerful people on the strange new planet – the various technological advances she spearheaded have brought her global notoriety. 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. Rebellion is literally impossible to consider-until Vivian Liao arrives. The end of time is ruled by an ancient, powerful Empress who blesses or blasts entire planets with a single thought. 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. In the chilly darkness of a Boston server farm, Viv sets her ultimate plan into motion. On the eve of her greatest achievement, she tries to outrun people who are trying to steal her success. Cover Art by Tommy ArnoldĪ wildly successful innovator to rival Steve Jobs or Elon Musk, Vivian Liao is prone to radical thinking, quick decision-making, and reckless action. I can say I haven’t read anything quite like Empress of Forever.
Those are fantasy novels, so with Empress of Forever, Gladstone turns his considerable intellect and impressive storytelling along another branch of the Speculative Fiction tree – Space Opera. The surface of those books is familiar, but what’s underneath is ingenious.
Max Gladstone is one of the smartest writers I’ve ever read, his Craft Sequence of novels have a depth few novels can approach.
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