John Scalzi, bestselling science-fiction author of the Hugo Award-winning Redshirts, returns with a new series starting with The Collapsing Empire (Tor Books, 336 pp; $36.99). In the distant future, humanity lives in habitats scattered throughout the stars, connected by a series of hyperspace tunnels known as the Flow. Though entirely dependent upon it for survival, and while it forms the basis of vast interstellar monopolies and their resulting nobility, no one knows completely how the Flow works. But a few individuals know that it is about to stop working. The real action will take place in subsequent books as the series continues, but The Collapsing Empire sets the table nicely with plenty of court intrigue.

Source: National Post April 10, 2017 17:26 UTC