Peace is maintained by the fact all planets are independent on one another, creating the on-the-nose titled Interdependency that is ruled by a holy Emperox (pronounced 'Empero'). The premise of the series is Earth has been forgotten by a space-dwelling humanity who has settled thousands of worlds using a hyperspace-esque dimension called the Flow. It has a lot of Buffy-esque quips and fun going on and is a work with both highs as well as lows. This one seems to be a vague parody of the ideas behind DUNE except instead of feuding noble houses of quiet dignity or perversity, we have a bunch of spoiled idiots. THE COLLAPSING EMPIRE by John Scalzi is yet another semi-humorous space opera novel by the man who did a magnificent parody of STARSHIP TROOPERS with his OLD MAN'S WAR series.

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