EMPIRE

Tor, New York, 2006, 1^st/1^st.  ISBN 0-765-31611-0 / 978-0-765-31611-0.  Hard cover, 351 pages including Afterword and Acknowledgments.  Some shelf and corner wear, spine ends bumped with a short tear at spine head, small damp stain on rear board; two small spots on top page block; binding sound with headbands and a slight lean.  Dust jacket with price intact has light cover wear, some rippling on rear panel from moisture.  Book interior clean and unmarked.  ‘The American Empire has grown too fast, and the fault lines at home are stressed to the breaking point.  The war of words between Right and Left has collapsed into a shooting war, though most people just want to be left alone.  The battle rages between the high-technology weapons on one side and militia foot soldiers on the other, devastating the cities and overrunning the countryside.  But the vast majority, who only want the killing to stop and the nation to return to more peaceful days, have technology, weapons, and strategic geniuses of their own.  When the American dream shatters into violence, who can hold the people and the government together?  And which side will you be on?’ (from front flap)