One character in particular, though quite likable, does use the “F word” to excess. The trilogy is well written in Scalzi’s easy to read style, and moves along well, with some slower parts filled with discussions of politics or the science of the flow. Many but not all problems are solved by the end of the book. My take: There is a major shocker about two-thirds or three-quarters of the way into the novel which I will not reveal. Could these lead to a new planet where humans could survive? Claremont discovers “evanesce”, temporary flow streams that may be used to ease the problem of movement within the Interdependency, and perhaps to discover new streams to now unknown locations. Is there any solution?īook Three: The Last Emperox. As tensions mount, Marce Claremont and the Emperox seek a solution to the collapsing flow streams that will allow more people to survive. Several attempts on the Emperox’ life are made as the major houses try to take control and assure they and theirs get to End and safety. The flow stream from End is gone, so anyone trying to go to the only place where humans can live on the surface, and be self sustaining, becomes a one-way trip.
But there are rival houses who want to take control.īook Two: The Consuming Fire. As it becomes clear that the flow streams are collapsing, or will collapse within decades, conflict between the houses escalates. The count sends his son Marce, also a physicist, to Hub to warn the Emperox. Without the Flow, society on every system will likely collapse. Humans can only live on a planetary surface on End they need space stations or underground habitats in other systems. All systems will be isolated none are self-sufficient. As a natural phenomenon, the Flow is poorly understood.įamily-owned megacorporations control all interstellar trade in the Interdependency’s mercantile economy one, House Wu, is the royal family, headed by the Emperox, the leader of the whole shebang.Ĭount Claremont, a physicist on End, calculates after decades of study that the Flow will soon collapse. Each stream is one way and has an entry point and an exit point. Innterstellar trips are not instantaneous-ships carrying mail or passengers from Hub, the capital of the empire and the system with the most Flow connections, arrive at End, the most distant, nine months later-but the network permits life-sustaining intersystem trade.
Book One: The Collapsing Empire introduces The Interdependency, a thousand-year-old human empire of 48 star systems connected by the Flow, which is a phenomenon allowing faster-than-light travel.
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