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Invisible Sun

Series: Empire Games
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In Invisible Sun, Charles Stross takes readers into a thrilling Sci-Fi and Fantasy universe where parallel timelines and political intrigue converge. The story follows protagonist Miriam as she navigates a world of espionage and magic, facing adversaries from alternate realities while attempting to protect her home timeline. Woven with complex themes and futuristic technology, the book is a gripping adventure that challenges perceptions of identity and reality.
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You might enjoy this book if you are drawn to intricately crafted alternate realities and a gripping blend of espionage and magic. This novel may appeal to readers who appreciate fast-paced narratives filled with political intrigue, cunning plots, and immersive world-building within the realms of Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

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Invisible Sun

Two parallel versions of America are trapped in a cold war – and it’s heating up fast. This is the extraordinary finale to Charles Stross’s alternative-history trilogy.

Two parallel versions of America are trapped in a cold war - and it's heating up fast. This is the extraordinary finale to Charles Stross's alternative-history trilogy.

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In this chillingly resonant dystopian adventure, two versions of America are locked in conflict. Invisible Sun concludes Charles Stross's Empire Games trilogy.

Two twinned worlds are facing attack

The New American Commonwealth is caught in a deadly arms race with the USA, its parallel-world rival. And the USA's technology is decades ahead. Yet the Commonwealth might self-combust first, for its leader has just died, leaving a crippling power vacuum. Minister Miriam Burgeson must face allegations of treason without his support, in a power grab by her oldest adversary.

However, all factions soon confront a far greater danger... In their drive to explore other timelines, high-tech USA awakened an alien threat. This force destroyed humanity on one version of Earth. And if the two superpowers don't take action, it will do the same to them.

Invisible Sun follows Empire Games and Dark State. This trilogy is set in the same dangerous parallel world as Charles Stross's Merchant Princes sequence.

Series: Empire Games

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781447247593

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 September 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Tor

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 233.0mm

Weight: 488g

Pages: 400

About the Author

Charles Stross was born in Leeds, England, in 1964. He has worked as a pharmacist, software engineer and freelance journalist, but now writes full time. Stross has won two Hugo awards and been nominated multiple times. He has also won the Locus Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best Novella and has been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke and Nebula Awards. In addition, his fiction has been translated into around a dozen languages. His novels include the popular Merchant Princes, Laundry Files and Empire Games series. Stross lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife Feorag, a couple of cats, several thousand books, and an ever-changing herd of obsolescent computers.

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