The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency Series #1) -

John Scalzi

Tor Books

2018

384 páginas

12h 48m

ISBN-13: 9780765388902

Our universe is ruled by physics. Faster than light travel is impossible--until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available at certain points in space-time, which can take us to other planets around other stars.

Riding The Flow, humanity spreads to innumerable other worlds. Earth is forgotten. A new empire arises, the Interdependency, based on the doctrine that no one human outpost can survive without the others. It's a hedge against interstellar war--and, for the empire's rulers, a system of control.

The Flow is eternal--but it's not static. Just as a river changes course, The Flow changes as well. In rare cases, entire worlds have been cut off from the rest of humanity. When it's discovered that the entire Flow is moving, possibly separating all human worlds from one another forever, three individuals--a scientist, a starship captain, and the emperox of the Interdependency--must race against time to discover what, if anything, can be salvaged from an interstellar empire on the brink of collapse.

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4 (Muito bom)

Primeiro contato com Scalzi

Já havia escutado falar sobre John Scalzi através de A Guerra do Velho, no entanto, a sinopse nunca me agradou a ponto de me motivar a ler.

Em The Collapsing Empire, vi a oportunidade que faltava pra conhecer o autor, já que sua sinopse me pareceu mais atrativa e coerente com meu gosto pela ficção científica.

Apesar de alguns infodumps, e pitadas de humor (que não são particularmente meu estilo), nenhum deles foi suficiente para me fazer desgostar da trama e dos personagens bem construídos.

Provavelmente continuarei lendo os demais livros da série, apesar de me dar por satisfeito com o final.