Author(s): Scott Westerfeld

Sci Fi/Fantasy

A cutting-edge space opera in which galactic cultures clash: human, inhuman and post-human. The undead Emperor has ruled the Eighty Worlds for sixteen hundred years. His is the power to grant immortality to those he deems worthy, creating an elite class known as the Risen. Along with his sister, the eternally young Child Empress, his power within the empire has been absolute. Until now. The empire