{"product_id":"9781447247623","title":"Invisible Sun","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Stross, Charles \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUSA\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 21 July 2022 by PAN MACMILLAN (Tor) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Empire Games' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e131 x 196 x 28 | 282g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this chillingly resonant dystopian adventure, two parallel versions of America are locked in conflict. Invisible Sun concludes Charles Stross’s Empire Games trilogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo twinned worlds are facing attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New American Commonwealth is caught in a deadly arms race with the USA, its rival in a parallel world. And the USA’s technology is decades ahead of the Commonwealth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet the Commonweath might self-combust first – its leader has just died, leaving a crippling power vacuum. Now, in a power grab by her oldest adversary, Minister Miriam Burgeson faces allegations of treason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut all factions soon confront a far greater danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their drive to explore other timelines, the 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvisible Sun follows Empire Games and Dark State. This trilogy is set in the same dangerous parallel world as Charles Stross’s Merchant Princes sequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the trilogy:'Few other writers can match him for humour, creativity and sheer density of ideas' – SFX'High-octane thriller action' – Starburst'Sheer brilliance' – Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43925003567363,"sku":"9781447247623","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781447247623.jpg?v=1731348813","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781447247623","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}