The Last Emperox
By John Scalzi
- Release Date: 2020-04-14
- Genre: Science Fiction
Description
The Last Emperox is the thrilling conclusion to the award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling Interdependency series, an epic space opera adventure from Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi.
The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has accelerated. Entire star systems—and billions of people—are becoming cut off from the rest of human civilization. This collapse was foretold through scientific prediction . . . and yet, even as the evidence is obvious and insurmountable, many still try to rationalize, delay and profit from, these final days of one of the greatest empires humanity has ever known.
Emperox Grayland II has finally wrested control of her empire from those who oppose her and who deny the reality of this collapse. But “control” is a slippery thing, and even as Grayland strives to save as many of her people form impoverished isolation, the forces opposing her rule will make a final, desperate push to topple her from her throne and power, by any means necessary. Grayland and her thinning list of allies must use every tool at their disposal to save themselves, and all of humanity. And yet it may not be enough.
Will Grayland become the savior of her civilization . . . or the last emperox to wear the crown?
The Interdependency Series
1. The Collapsing Empire
2. The Consuming Fire
3. The Last Emperox
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Reviews
Definitely Scalzi
5By reimerpdxIf you like Scalzi, and his style, this story will fit right in. The trilogy is fun, full of excitement, and, like most Scalzi stories... over too quickly. Guess I’ll go read the Old Man’s War series again 😜What a let down
1By DavidqoScalzi must have hired a middle school child to write the ending, it ruined the whole trilogy. Don’t waste your time on any of them, this guy is on drugs and out to lunch.The Last Emperox rather fizzles out
2By Col Bat GuanoNot a great conclusion to the 3-part series. By Scalzi’s own afterword he seems to struggle finishing stories and just bangs them out in the middle of the night. The Last Emperox felt this way in the end - banged out and slapped together with duct tape with lots of loose strings hanging outside the strips of tape. A very messy package. An unsatisfying conclusion to an otherwise interesting human universe described in the first two books that obviously kept me coming back for more.I loved them all
5By Auggie's ManFantastically entertaining, incredible characters, wonderful plot, and excellent dialog. Where is my Kiva?Tired prose
3By E430dougClever story idea. Scalzi’s prose wears thin with too many variations on “you’re not wrong” and “yet here we are”.Excellent ending to an excellent series
5By Fellow FlyerI loved the entire series. I laughed. I cried. I was moved. OK, maybe I didn't cry. A phenomenal ending. Thank you, Scamperbeasts for allowing your human time to write this.Excellent resolution to the trilogy
5By DidaktikosScalzi really delights. The ending was excellent; I’m going to re-read them all soon.Scalzi outdid himself - great story
5By JohannAppleAll three were great books but the final was the best. Unexpected and enjoyable.The Last Emperox
1By SkybluetentVery childish book, barely young adult reading level. I only read it to find out the end of the story, a failing of my own. The author’s clumsy excuse for turning in his book late was a thinly veiled elitist rant against our current President. Have your free speech, etc. etc. but I no longer need to pay for your drivel.Awesome series ending
5By CJ&BjI cannot believe John Scalzi pulled it off. This is an awesome ending to an awesome series. I should have more faith considering I have reread Lock In and Head On over a dozen times ( this is slightly influenced by living in the DMV where they are set ). John Scalzi really understands that each end is just another beginning and there are no HEA but there are truly good people out there ( This can also be seen in his Old Man's War series). I blame his background as a Cinema Critic and a journalist. Two careers that expose you to the best and worst of the human species. And I blame Kristi and Athena. From my experiences with marriage and family, Kristi and Athena put up with Scalzi 's crap, so us lucky readers can get the sanitized Scalzi. And let us be real here, a steady stream of awesome books. That was 4.5+ hours were I did not have to think about my crises. And now I get to REREAD the book - fun activity with this many plot and character surprises.