Praise for Empire Games The keen eye and what-if imagination of Charles Stross fuel a fresh look at alternate worlds. --David Brin, author of Existence A well-written book, full of mystery and intrigue, with entire worlds at stake. --Michael Flynn If you like the spy novels of Ian Fleming, or Len Deighton, as I do, but also appreciate a genre twist, then you'll love Empire Games. It is intelligent, entertaining and yet also a little scary. --SFFWorld.com Praise for The Merchant Princes Series Economic science fiction worth reading. --Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Stross is not a writer who aims to leave his readers reassured: One can't tell which way he's going to go, nor whose side he's on. No one beats him at hypertech either. --The Wall Street Journal Absorbing. --Kirkus Reviews If imagination is the key to success for a writer, Charles Stross has it in spades. --The Times (London) on Charles Stross