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reviewed The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #1)

John Scalzi: The Collapsing Empire (2017, Tor) 4 stars

Faster than light travel is impossible--until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available …

Review of 'The Collapsing Empire' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Great foundation for a new series, with characters who will be fun to follow. At times there's a feeling that he's planting seeds for future books, and a few of the threads I would've loved to read more detail about. But on balance, the book is a thoroughly enjoyable exploration of a future civilization on the brink of collapse, and the political scientific machinations in response to that collapse.