John Scalzi · novel-series
The Interdependency books in order
A space-opera trilogy about a human civilization whose interstellar flow network is collapsing.
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- 1 The Collapsing Empire
Book 1 · novel · 2017
Our universe is ruled by physics. Faster than light travel is impossible—until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available at certain points in space-time, which can take us to other planets around other stars. Riding…
- 2 The Consuming Fire
Book 2 · novel · 2018
The Interdependency—humanity’s interstellar empire—is on the verge of collapse. The extra-dimensional conduit that makes travel between the stars possible is disappearing, leaving entire systems and human civilizations stranded. Emperox…
- 3 The Last Emperox
Book 3 · novel · 2020
The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has accelerated. Entire star systems—and billions of people—are becoming cut off from the rest of human civilization. This collapse was…
