The Consuming Fire - John Scalzi

\n \nio9's New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Put On Your Radar This Fall \nKirkus' SF/F Books to Watch Out for in 2018 \nPopular Mechanics Best Books of 2018 (So Far) \nGoodreads' Most Anticipated Fantasy and Science Fiction Books \n \nThe Consuming Fire--the sequel to the 2018 Hugo Award Best Novel finalist and 2018 Locus Award-winning The Collapsing Empire--an epic space-opera novel in the bestselling Interdependency series, from New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi\n \nThe Interdependency--humanity's interstellar empire--is on the verge of collapse. The extra-dimensional conduit that makes travel between the stars possible is disappearing, leaving entire systems and human civilizations stranded. \n \nEmperox Grayland II of the Interdependency is ready to take desperate measures to help ensure the survival of billions. But arrayed before her are those who believe the collapse of the Flow is a myth--or at the very least an opportunity to an ascension to power. \n \nWhile Grayland prepares for disaster, others are preparing for a civil war. A war that will take place in the halls of power, the markets of business and the altars of worship as much as it will between spaceships and battlefields. \n \nThe Emperox and her allies are smart and resourceful, as are her enemies. Nothing about this will be easy... and all of humanity will be caught in its consuming fire.\n \nThe Interdependency Series \n1. The Collapsing Empire \n2. The Consuming Fire\n