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Hidden Empires

Hidden Empires

by Kevin J. Anderson

Fiction, science fiction, space operaFictionSpace warfareLife on other planetsScience Fiction & Fantasy
3.3
Open Library
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In our galaxy's distant future, humans are one of three known intelligent races. Having had the ability to navigate star travel for only a few centuries, we are considered "the new kids on the block" in a long-established universe. The second intelligent race is the Ildirans, who are ruled by their Mage-Imperator; and the third race, the Klikiss, seems to have vanished and left behind a world full of artifacts and remarkable technology, which humans are now beginning to find and utilize. One such piece of technology is a device that has the power to turn a gaseous and useless supergiant planet into a small sun, thereby creating a new solar system in which humans can live. But when the device is tried for the first time, it awakens the wrath of a previously unsuspected fourth race, the Hydrogues -- and a galaxy-spanning war that threatens all life begins.

Themes & subjects

Fiction, science fiction, space operaFictionSpace warfareLife on other planetsScience Fiction & FantasyFiction, fantasy, historical

About the author

Kevin J. Anderson
Kevin J. Anderson

27 March 1962

Kevin J. Anderson has published more than 170 books, 58 of which have been national or international bestsellers. He has written numerous novels in the Star Wars, X-Files, and Dune universes, as well as unique steampunk fantasy novels Clockwork Angels andClockwork Lives, written with legendary rock drummer Neil Peart. His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series, the Wake the Dragon and Terra Incognita fantasy trilogies, the Saga of Shadows trilogy, and his humorous horror series featuring Dan Shamble, Zombie PI. He has edited numerous anthologies, written comics and games, and the lyrics to two rock CDs. Anderson is the director of the graduate program oin Publishing at Western…

Author

Kevin J. Anderson

Pages

672

Read time

≈ 17h

Editions

11

Language

English

Publisher

Warner Books

ISBN

9781849835152

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