Empire Ascendant

Empire Ascendant is what I was hoping for in a sequel to The Mirror Empire, a novel that expands on the unusual setting and drives up the tension in the conflict between parallel worlds. The handful of viewpoint characters live in a very dangerous multiverse, and any of them could be maimed or killed at any time. There are no heroes or villains, only people who are trying desperately to protect their own, and who have different limits on what they're willing to do to achieve their goals. By the end of this book, there are still a number of separate character stories ongoing, so it will be interesting to see how these are going to be tied together. It's going to be a long wait for the conclusion, The Broken Heavens, which is due to come out in fall 2017!