by Orson Scott Card · EDB FICCION · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466637800
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«Imperio» is the science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, published by EDB Ficción in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
In the near future, political polarization between Republicans and Democrats in the United States leads to open civil war. The story blends an action thriller with a reflection on the drift of democracy, and follows several characters trapped in a conflict with high-tech weaponry and armed militias.
Imperio is the first novel in Orson Scott Card's Empire series; the Spanish translation is by Rafael Marín Trechera and the original English edition was published in 2006.
For readers of science fiction and political thrillers, especially those who enjoy alternate histories and civil conflicts in the United States.
Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card coproduced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003). Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; he has provoked controversy and criticism for his public opposition to homosexuality.
