The Risen Empire (Succession) [Hardcover]

Praise for "The Risen Empire"

"Westerfeld illumines the clash of mighty galactic empires by focusing on individuals who, despite the distractions of war and politics, cannot help falling in love."
"--The New York Times

""Westerfeld's exceptionally smart and empathetic novel...confirms the buzz that space opera is one of the most exciting branches of current SF."
--"Publishers Weekly "(starred review) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

A cutting-edge space opera in which galactic cultures clash: human, inhuman and post-human --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

The undead Emperor has ruled his mighty interstellar empire of 80 human worlds for 1600 years. Because he can grant a form of eternal life-after-death, creating an elite known as the Risen, his power is absolute. He and his sister, the Child Empress, who is eternally a little girl, are worshipped as living gods. No one can touch them. No until the Rix, machine-augmented humans who worship planetary Al compound minds. The Rix are cool, relentless fanatics, and their only goal I to propagate such Als throughout the galaxy. They seek to end, by any means necessary, the Emperor's prolonged dynasty of one, and supplant it with an eternal cybernetic dynasty of their own. They begin by taking the Child Empress hostage. Captain Laurent Zai of the Imperial Frigate Lynx is charged with her rescue.

Scott Westerfeld is a software designer and composer. He lives in New York and Sydney. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.