Description: Praise for Jay Allan: "Readers who seek the visceral, swashbuckling adventures of muscular, troubled heroes and gorgeous, headstrong heroines will enjoy this series launch about the wild backwater planets of the Far Stars. . . . This old-fashioned tale is a paean to the simple pleasures of exceedingly masculine adventures." - Publishers Weekly on Shadow of Empire "Make no mistake, though--this book is basically a fun roller-coaster ride, with just enough emotional intensity and psychological depth to keep your arms and legs inside the carriage at all times. Shadow of Empire is a crazy, over-the-top, zany adventure in which rogues outwit space pirates, get caught up in a civil war, and have space fights in and around an asteroid field. It's the perfect thing to tide you over until summer movie season gets going, in other words." - Charlie Jane Anders, iO9 on SHADOW OF EMPIRE "It's twisty and turny, with a lot of effective world-building, but Jay Allan pulls off another neat trick: as much time as is spent on galactic power politics, we experience wall-to-wall swashbuckling adventure alongside Blackhawk and company, who start the book with their leader in the middle of Roman-style gladiatorial combat, and, never get a moment's rest. There's hand-to-hand combat, space battles, and military-style maneuvers. The back-and-forth makes for a compelling read: the intrigue never bogs down the pace, and the over-the-top action never gets tiresome. In many ways, it's the perfect fall book: not quite as light as something you might take to the beach, with just enough complexity to keep the space-pirate angle grounded. " - B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog on SHADOW OF EMPIRE

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