#RRSciFiMonth Waiting on Wednesday [3] – EMPRESS OF FOREVER by Max Gladstone

Waiting on Wednesdays is the brainchild of Jill at Breaking the Spine, and because Jill isn’t hosting it any more, I’m now linking up with Can’t Wait Wednesday at Wishful Endings. Stop over there and link up your “Can’t Wait” book of the week!

PHOTO by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash. QUOTE from The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

This month I’m focusing all my Waiting on Wednesday posts on science fiction, in celebration of Sci Fi Month! Here is my week #3 pick, a book I’m very excited for:

A feminist Guardians of the Galaxy—a smart, swashbuckling, wildly imaginative adventure of a rag-tag team of brilliant misfits, dangerous renegades, and enhanced outlaws in a war-torn future.

A wildly successful innovator to rival Steve Jobs or Elon Musk, Vivian Liao is prone to radical thinking, quick decision-making, and reckless action. On the eve of her greatest achievement, she’s trying to outrun those who are trying to steal her success.

In the chilly darkness of a Boston server farm, Viv sets her ultimate plan into motion. A terrifying instant later, Vivian Liao is catapulted through space and time to a far future where she confronts a destiny stranger and more deadly than she could ever imagine.

The end of time is ruled by an ancient, powerful Empress who blesses or blasts entire planets with a single thought. Rebellion is literally impossible to consider–until Vivian arrives. Trapped between the Pride, a ravening horde of sentient machines, and a fanatical sect of warrior monks who call themselves the Mirrorfaith, Viv must rally a strange group of allies to confront the Empress and find a way back to the world and life she left behind.

A magnificent work of vivid imagination and universe-spanning action, Empress of Forever is a feminist Guardians of the Galaxy crossed with Star Wars and spiced with the sensibility and spirit of Iain M. Banks and William Gibson.

Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone. Releases in June 2019 from Tor Books. Max Gladstone does science fiction?? This sounds like a bunch of fun, and I love the Guardians of the Galaxy/Star Wars comparisons.

Let me know what you’re waiting on this week:-D

Posted November 21, 2018 by Tammy in Waiting on Wednesday / 35 Comments

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35 responses to “#RRSciFiMonth Waiting on Wednesday [3] – EMPRESS OF FOREVER by Max Gladstone

  1. I haven’t had a lot of luck with Gladstone, but “feminist Guardians of the Galaxy crossed with Star Wars” sounds interesting, and “sensibility and spirit of Iain M. Banks and William Gibson” really catches my attention. Plus, great cover!

  2. You had me at A feminist Guardians of the Galaxy”. I hadn’t heard of this one before, but now I definitely need to read this one. Thank you for bringing it to my attention! Have a great week!

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