The Consuming Fire

This is the dazzling second book in John Scalzi’s Interdependency trilogy. A battle for hearts and minds begins as a civilisation faces destruction – yet some won’t even acknowledge the threat.

<p><b><i>The Consuming Fire</i> by John Scalzi is the dazzling follow-up to <i>The</i> <i>Collapsing Empire</i>, the second in the Interdependency series – a space opera in a universe on the brink of destruction.</b><br><br>The Interdependency, humanity’s interstellar empire, is on the verge of collapse. The Flow, the extra-dimensional pathway between the stars, is disappearing, leaving planets stranded. Billions of lives will be lost – unless desperate measures can be taken. <br><br>Emperox Grayland II, the leader of the Interdependency, is ready to take those measures. But it’s not that easy. There are those who believe the collapse of the Flow is a myth – or an opportunity for them to ascend to power. <br><br>While Grayland prepares for disaster, others prepare for civil war. A war that will take place in the halls of power, by the altars of worship and amongst the titans of industry as much as between spaceships. Nothing about this power struggle will be simple or easy . . . and all of human civilization is at stake.<br><br>Continue the space adventure trilogy with <i>The Last Emperox</i>.</p>