Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66592 in Books
• Published on: 2009-09-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .70" h x 5.50" w x 8.40" l, .50 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

Power Struggles, adventure, mystery in the Asimovian manner
Indeed, there's disagreement as to whether this is the first or second Empire novel chronologically, but it's not important since there are no common characters and Earth is peripheral to the events in either novel.

It is good adventure, and there is a fair mystery as to who's responsible for the primary character's death. Of course there's romance complete with complicating misunderstandings, and more importantly, there's the continual power struggle emphasized in the Empire and Foundation novels. And there's some good old fashioned space opera action as the main characters search for the planet harboring a group of rebels. This is classic science-fiction, but don't let that scare you away. There's nothing stodgy about the good Dr. Asimov's story telling.