Empire Games (Empire Games, 1)

Praise for Empire Games "The keen eye and what-if imagination of Charles Stross fuel a fresh look at alternate worlds." ―David Brin, author of Existence "A well-written book, full of mystery and intrigue, with entire worlds at stake." ―Michael Flynn "If you like the spy novels of Ian Fleming, or Len Deighton, as I do, but also appreciate a genre twist, then you’ll love Empire Games . It is intelligent, entertaining and yet also a little scary." ― SFFWorld.com Praise for The Merchant Princes Series “Economic science fiction worth reading.” ―Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author"Stross is not a writer who aims to leave his readers reassured: One can’t tell which way he’s going to go, nor whose side he’s on. No one beats him at hypertech either." ― The Wall Street Journal "Absorbing." ― Kirkus Reviews "If imagination is the key to success for a writer, Charles Stross has it in spades." ― The Times (London) on Charles Stross 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.