Or they might be out of the way for good. If Cole and his team can avoid dying of the plague, or being cut down by the weapons of fearful African nations, they might do some good. In Empire, which speculates on a possible new American civil war divided along right-wing and left-wing battle lines, Orson Scott Card wants you to know. It is the first of the two books in the Empire duet, followed by Hidden Empire with the video game Shadow Complex bridging the two. At the close of Empire, political scientist and government adviser Averell Torrent had maneuvered. It tells the story of a possible Second American Civil War, this time between the Right wing and Left wing in the near future. And he sends Captain Bartholomew Coleman, Cole to his friends, to run the relief operations and protect the American scientists working on identifying the virus. Empire is a 2006 dystopian novel by American writer Orson Scott Card. President Torrent declares American solidarity with the victims, but places all of Africa in quarantine until a vaccine is found or the disease burns itself out. There’s a deadly new plague in Africa, and it is devastating the countryside and cities. And now that he has complete power at home, he plans to expand American imperial power around the world.

The young American Empire is confronted with its. Captain Batholomew Coleman must navigate a hostile population, while protecting researchers, in the hopes of finding a cure. Card combines flag-waving, political diatribe and Christian fervor in this bombastic sequel to 2007s Empire. Unfortunately I skimmed over the cover and missed the Sequel to. The war of words between right and left collapsed into a shooting war, and raged between the high-technology weapons on each side, devastating cities and overrunning the countryside.Īt the close of Empire, political scientist and government adviser Averell Torrent had maneuvered himself into the presidency of the United States. Hidden Empire A deadly plague devastating the world leads the American President to declare severe immigration restriction. So I was browsing in a book store and bought Hidden Empire because it sounded pretty neat.

Hidden empire by orson scott card