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. ...
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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.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0765305550. Simply signed on the title page by Scott Westerfeld. Full number line.; 1.13 x 9.52 x 6.4 Inches; 304 pages; Signed by Author.
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Like New. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Like New. Like New dust jacket. Signed by author on Fratz's custom book label on title page. Review copy with reviewer's news release laid in. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (science fiction, scifi, sci-fi)
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. 1st edition/1st printing with full number line. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. C2-A first edition hardcover book SIGNED by author in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. The Risen Empire is the first great space opera of the twenty-first century. 9.5"x6.5", 304 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.