{"product_id":"empire-games-a-tale-of-the-merchant-princes-universe-paperback","title":"Empire Games: A Tale of the Merchant Princes Universe - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Stross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugo Award-winning author Charlie Stross hits the ground running with \u003ci\u003eEmpire Games\u003c\/i\u003e, provocative techno-thriller and fresh storyline in the Merchant Princes universe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 2020. Two nuclear superpowers across timelines, one in the midst of a technological revolution and the other a hyper-police state, are set on a collision course. Each timeline's increasingly desperate paratime espionage agencies are fumbling around in the dark, trying to find a solution to the first-contact problem that doesn't result in a nuclear holocaust. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd two paratime travellers, Ministry of Intertemporal Research and Intelligence Commissioner Miriam Burgeson and newly minted spy Rita Douglas--a mother and her long-lost, adopted daughter--are about to find themselves on opposite sides of the confrontation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Stross is the author of the bestselling Merchant Princes series, the Laundry Files series, and several stand-alone novels including \u003ci\u003eGlasshouse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAccelerando\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSaturn's Children\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won three Hugo Awards, including one for the Laundry Files novella \"Equoid,\" published on Tor.com. Born and raised in Leeds, England, he lives with his spouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, in a flat that is slightly older than the state of Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46886900269110,"sku":"9780765337597","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/4569\/8614\/files\/sdcjau5ckH9780765337597.webp?v=1784069759","url":"https:\/\/outer-realm-books-beyond.myshopify.com\/products\/empire-games-a-tale-of-the-merchant-princes-universe-paperback","provider":"Outer Realm Books \u0026 Beyond","version":"1.0","type":"link"}