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Empire Tyrant
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Author : Richard F. Weyand
language : en
Publisher: Empire
Release Date : 2019-03-19
Empire Tyrant written by Richard F. Weyand and has been published by Empire this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-19 with Fiction categories.
The conclusion of the first EMPIRE trilogy. The Council Revolt has started. The Council has struck at the Throne. As the Council plots to place their own candidate on the Throne, a single survivor is dragged out of the fires burning in the Imperial Residence. Hoping to take advantage of the capital's chaos, enemies internal and external move against the Empire. With enemies without and within, can the new ruler hope to save the Sintaran Empire? ----- INTERVIEW WITH RICH WEYAND Some readers were upset at you about the ending to the second book of EMPIRE. Yes, but it was inevitable. The Council would not subside, would not buckle under to the Throne. In fact, they were elevating even looser cannons into their midst to carry the fight to the Throne. And yet, the Throne had to let them strike first, to keep clean hands in the matter. There was only one way that was going to come out. This was planned from the start as a five-book series, right? At least. Five books were rough-plotted before I started. As it shook out, the first three books form a trilogy, the first EMPIRE trilogy. As such, the second book doesn't have a happy ending, which is pretty typical of trilogies. There is at least one more trilogy in the EMPIRE universe. The main character of this book is Robert Allen Dunham? Bobby Dunham. Yes. EMPIRE was always the story of Bobby Dunham, from my very earliest plotting, for reasons that will become abundantly clear in the next trilogy. But if you look back to book 1, to the very beginning of the book, the first person you meet of that next generation is Bobby, out hunting at age fourteen. He is the hero of the series. And he takes the reign name Trajan? Yes. Trajan was the second of Rome's so-called Five Good Emperors: Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius. Trajan was the best of them, the best emperor Rome ever had, and perhaps the best emperor anyone ever had, anywhere. Like Bobby, he was a commoner and a military man, and instituted reforms and kept the peace, even as he suppressed border wars by the simple expedient of winning them. He is Bobby's role model. How long did this book take to write? Thirty-three days, for 80,000 words. That's about 2500 words per day average, which is a pretty comfortable pace for me. I write just about every day. I can have 5500 word days and 500 word days. It depends on how clear the plot right in front of me is. If it's clear, I write about as fast as I can type, until I hit a spot where I can't see what happens next. Then I go stare out the window. So you do make it up as you go along? Yes, absolutely. I often have no clue -- or only a vague idea -- of what is beyond the piece I'm writing at the moment. I had no idea that Amanda Peters existed until I was a quarter of the way into this book. She just came around the corner of the lane in the gardens one day, singing and dancing. It makes it fun and exciting for me to write, and I hope it also makes it fun and exciting to read. The cover continues your use of artist drawings for this series. Yes. Aaron Griffin is the artist once again. He's a tremendously talented artist in the UK. I signed him for the whole series. What's next in EMPIRE? The first book of the second trilogy, tentatively titled EMPIRE: Warlord. This one won't be out in a month, though. I don't see it in my head yet, beyond the gross plot points. I have to think through a lot of military technology, not so I can describe it, but I have to know how it works or I can't write about it. I can't plot around it. Any hints about EMPIRE: Warlord? Let's just say that not everyone is happy about how well the Sintaran Empire is doing under its new management, and leave it at that.
The Tyrant
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Author : Seth Dickinson
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2020-08-20
The Tyrant written by Seth Dickinson and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-20 with Fiction categories.
‘Makes Game of Thrones look like Jackanory’ – Independent on The Traitor The Tyrant is a sweeping fantasy of empire and intrigue – the third book in Seth Dickinson’s powerful, critically acclaimed fantasy quartet Masquerade. After years of service to the corrupt Imperial Republic of Falcrest, Baru Cormorant finally knows how to destroy it. She’s discovered a deadly, weaponized blood plague. And if she releases it, the epidemic will kill millions . . . not just in Falcrest, but worldwide. As her divided mind turns on itself, Baru’s enemies close in. She must choose between genocidal retribution and a harder path. All she has to do is defeat a conspiracy of kings, spies and immortals, manipulate the outcome of two great wars, and steal the greatest riches in the world. If Baru triumphs, she can force Falcrest to abandon its colonies and make right its crimes. But does she want a slim chance at justice — or certain revenge? The Tyrant follows The Traitor and The Monster in this extraordinary quartet, and is published as The Tyrant Baru Cormorant in the US.
Domitian
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Author : Pat Southern
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-12-02
Domitian written by Pat Southern and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-02 with History categories.
This is the first ever study to assess Emperor Domitian from a psychological point of view and covers his entire career from the early years and the civil war AD through the imperial rule to the dark years and the psychology of suspicion. Pat Southern strips away hyperbole and sensationalism from the literary record, revealing an individual who caused undoubted suffering which must be accounted for.
Tiberius The Tyrant
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Author : John Charles Tarver
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2023-11-21
Tiberius The Tyrant written by John Charles Tarver and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-21 with History categories.
This is Roman history about the Roman Emperor Tiberius, who reigned from 42BC - 37AD. He was the immediate successor to Augustus; but his accession was not straightforward and the author maintains that, in many ways, Tiberius has been unjustly maligned.
The Tyrant S Law
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Author : Daniel Abraham
language : en
Publisher: Orbit
Release Date : 2013-05-14
The Tyrant S Law written by Daniel Abraham and has been published by Orbit this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-14 with Fiction categories.
The great war cannot be stopped. The tyrant Geder Palliako had led his nation to war, but every victory has called forth another conflict. Now the greater war spreads out before him, and he is bent on bringing peace. No matter how many people he has to kill to do it. Cithrin bel Sarcour, rogue banker of the Medean Bank, has returned to the fold. Her apprenticeship has placed her in the path of war, but the greater dangers are the ones in her past and in her soul. Widowed and disgraced at the heart of the Empire, Clara Kalliam has become a loyal traitor, defending her nation against itself. And in the shadows of the world, Captain Marcus Wester tracks an ancient secret that will change the war in ways not even he can forsee. Return to the critically acclaimed epic by master storyteller Daniel Abraham, The Dagger and the Coin. For more from Daniel Abraham, check out: The Dagger and the Coin The Dragon's Path The King's Blood The Tyrant's Law The Widow's House The Spider's War
Herod The Great
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Author : Norman Gelb
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2013-02-21
Herod The Great written by Norman Gelb and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-21 with Religion categories.
Herod the Great, king of ancient Judea, was a brutal, ruthless, vindictive and dangerously high-strung tyrant. He had many of his subjects killed on suspicion of plotting against him and was accused of slaughtering children in Bethlehem when informed that a new king of the Jews had been born there. Among the victims of the murderous paranoia that ultimately drove him to the brink of insanity were his three oldest sons and the wife he loved most. But there was a crucial aspect to Herod’s character that has been largely ignored over the centuries. Norman Gelb explores how Herod transformed his formerly strive-ridden kingdom into a modernizing, economically thriving, orderly state of international significance and repute within the sprawling Roman Empire. This reassessment of Herod as ruler of Judaea introduces a striking contrast between a ruler’s infamy and his extraordinary laudable achievements. As this account shows, despite his horrific failings and ultimate mental unbalance, Herod was a fascinatingly complex, dynamic, and largely constructive statesman, a figure of great public accomplishment and one of the most underrated personalities of ancient times. History buffs and those interested in popular ancient history can are introduced to this ruthless tyrant and his victims.
Empire Imperial Police
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Author : Stephanie Osborn
language : en
Publisher: Empire
Release Date : 2020-07
Empire Imperial Police written by Stephanie Osborn and has been published by Empire this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07 with Fiction categories.
All Nick Ashton ever wanted to be was a good cop Dominick Ashton is a rookie cop in the headquarters of Her Majesty's Imperial Police. Unfortunately, in an Empire full of corruption, treason, and upheaval, that's one of the most corrupt organizations of them all. But Ashton is a straight shooter. Can he do the job he's trained to do without perverting his honor, or will crooked cops take him out instead? And what will happen when he's called upon to solve a case for the Empress herself? AN INTERVIEW WITH STEPHANIE OSBORN EMPIRE: Imperial Police runs parallel to EMPIRE: Usurper and EMPIRE: Tyrant? Yes. Dominick Ashton has always dreamed of being a detective. He graduates the Imperial Police Academy late in the reign of Ilithyia I, only to find that IPD Headquarters is corrupt. The Imperial Police Trilogy parallels the first six main-plot EMPIRE books, and the end of the trilogy will lead into the next main-plot EMPIRE book. This is another trilogy? Yes. The EMPIRE series is all trilogies. It allows for more story development and more epic story arcs. In this case, it follows Nick Ashton through his entire career in the Imperial Police, with the changes in the Empire as backdrop to the story. This is your second outing in one of Rich Weyand's universes. You seem to enjoy working with him. He and I get along great. He's easy to work with, a great writer, and comes up with some really cool universes and characters. I like his writing in general, and the stories get me caught up in them. It's fun for me to write in them. We both have science backgrounds, we're politically compatible, we both write fast, and we're both pantsers - we don't use outlines. So I don't have to give him an outline for approval. We plotstorm, where we come up with the basic plot concept for the story arc, then he turns me loose. I try to double-check with him before making any big decisions, though. But the really cool thing is, HE LETS ME USE HIS MAIN CHARACTERS! A lot of authors don't let you do that if you're writing in their universe, but Rich does. That means these aren't just side stories, these are part of the big picture, just told from the parallel perspective of a different character. Nick Ashton is the protagonist of this trilogy, yes, but he does interact with the main characters of Rich's trilogies - Bobby, Dee, Amanda, and Saaret. That makes it even more special. So Rich has a light editorial touch? He seems like the sort of person who might be more controlling. Nah. He knows I recognize my responsibility in writing in his universe. I'm honored he trusts me with that responsibility. He doesn't interfere at all. Quite the opposite - every few days I'm bugging him about some idea that I've had, wanting to make sure I remember this or that correctly, or "where is X in the timeline/books?" I want to make sure I am as true to the universe and the characters and HIS vision as I can possibly be. He's drawn me maps from scratch based on what's in his head, hunted up photos to depict what something looks like, all kinds of stuff like that. And then he lets me write it as I see it happening. How long did it take to write EMPIRE: Imperial Police? This book is heavily intertwined with the previous books, particularly EMPIRE: Usurper & EMPIRE: Tyrant. I realized partway into it that I was thinking about the book wrong. It didn't have tension, didn't have drama, because I was thinking about what had come before -- so I had to go back and rethink it. I rewrote some stuff, and came at my plot concept from a different angle. And then it worked. So that added about a month extra, at least a week of which was just thinking. So all told, about three months. Is there an EMPIRE trilogy after the Imperial Police trilogy? Rich is writing The Legacy of Trajan trilogy. After that, he and I are talking about two more trilogies!
Empire Warlord
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Author : Richard F. Weyand
language : en
Publisher: Empire
Release Date : 2019-09-17
Empire Warlord written by Richard F. Weyand and has been published by Empire this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-17 with Fiction categories.
INTERSTELLAR WAR! Their resentment of Sintar's success fanned by the Democracy of Planets, the Alliance has voted to wage war on Sintar. They are mustering their fleets and gathering their strength to take on the Imperial Navy. Over three million warships are gathering to deliver the blow that will bring the Empire to its knees, with seven million additional warships in reserve. But Emperor Trajan, aware of their war vote, can see them mustering their ships in the Empire's top-secret hyperspace map. And he has no intention of waiting for their declaration of war. The Empire brings up its new navy, seven million new-design warships, plus eight million of the deadly little picket ships. Can the Empire prevail in this clash of titans? INTERVIEW WITH RICH WEYAND EMPIRE: Warlord is an ominous title. Yes, in this volume, the Emperor Trajan is forced to fight a war he doesn't want. The Democracy of Planets has been manipulating the situation, and everybody knows it. But the monarchs of the Alliance who don't want the war are being pushed by their own militaries into fighting Sintar. The Emperor, for his part, is sworn to protect the citizens of Sintar, and will fight the war because he has to. The war itself is on a huge scale, with millions of warships and billions of crew members in each fleet. Yes. My rule of thumb in EMPIRE is to take anything that applies to the USA and multiple by a million. So there are 300 trillion citizens in Sintar, for example. For the navies, though, I actually held back a bit. With the USN having a couple hundred warships, the Imperial Navy should have a couple hundred million warships. Instead, it's only about ten million warships. Still a lot, but not in scale to the size of the Empire. It's all on a huge scale, and yet the war itself is only the first half of the book or so. Of course. Wars don't end with the end of major combat. You have all of what comes after. In this case, there's some of the Alliance monarchs who still want a piece of Sintar, there are others worried about the power vacuum resulting from Sintar's victory. When it's all over, Emperor Trajan and the other rulers involved in the war have to pick up the pieces. There are some new minor characters as well. Yes, I have to give human scale to a story this big. What's it like to be caught up in something like this for individuals? People who are just trying to stay alive in the chaos brought on by the actions of the major players on the scene. It's not enough to describe huge battles. What's it like to be a cog in that machine? Were there any special difficulties in writing EMPIRE: Warlord? No. It took about six weeks for 80,000 words, like all the EMPIRE books. Like all the EMPIRE books, for the first half I worried that it was going to be over too soon, and for the second half I worried it was going to stretch out too long. It's sort of a perennial worry, but in the end I simply wrote the story as it occurred to me and it worked out. Your cover this time continues with the action scenes. Which scene in the book is this? One of Sintar's first-wave attacks on the Alliance, with the little picket ships attacking the Alliance's battleships. James Lewis-Vines had cover duties again, and he did a marvelous job. He got the ships exactly right from the descriptions in the books. There's one more volume in EMPIRE? What's next? There's one more volume in the story of the rise of Trajan. After that, I don't know. There's certainly plenty of room in the EMPIRE universe for more stories. The central idea for the next series just hasn't occurred to me yet.
The Tyrant
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Author : Eric Flint
language : en
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Release Date : 2002-03-01
The Tyrant written by Eric Flint and has been published by Baen Publishing Enterprises this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-03-01 with Fiction categories.
On the planet Hafardine, civilization must rediscover progress or collapse. Adrian, guided by disembodied electronic mentors from space, has brought gunpowder and steam power to the Kingdom of the Isles to break the stranglehold of the Empire. But he will have to avoid being killed by the suspicious King he serves, by the barbarians he must recruit, and even by his insanely vengeful brother. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Empire
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Author : Richard F. Weyand
language : en
Publisher: Empire
Release Date : 2019-10-16
Empire written by Richard F. Weyand and has been published by Empire this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-16 with Fiction categories.
ANOTHER INTERSTELLAR WAR! The Empire has won the war against the Alliance. But at the close of that war, an invasion fleet from the Democracy of Planets sought to annex Jasmine. So Jasmine annexed to Sintar, and Sintar destroyed that fleet, causing resentment that is driving the Democracy of Planets to go to war with Sintar. The Democracy of Planets is a much more deadly enemy than the Alliance. They have a new navy, too, with powerful new warships, and are much more of a military challenge. The Emperor's strategy from the Sintar-Alliance war won't work on the DP. Will the Emperor's new strategy work? And if he wins the war, how will he ever win the peace? THE STUNNING CONCLUSION TO EMPIRE INTERVIEW WITH RICH WEYAND It sounds like the Democracy of Planets government gets sucked into a war they don't want in EMPIRE: Conqueror. That's right. The leadership doesn't want a war, but they've been manipulating public opinion against Sintar for years. When the fleet sent to annex Jasmine is destroyed in EMPIRE: Warlord, it inflames their public opinion, and they have no choice but to proceed to war. This sounds like a tougher war than the one in EMPIRE: Warlord. Yes and no. The Alliance was a real threat to Sintar. Their strategy was good -- to occupy portions of the Empire and force a peace on their terms -- but their tactics were bad. In particular, they didn't know the Empire could see their forces mustering and already knew about the war vote. The Democracy of Planets is a different challenge. They have some structural weaknesses in their military posture. But it won't be enough to win the war. The Emperor has to fight the war in such a way as to win the peace. That's actually a tougher challenge. The Empress and the Co-Consul are there to help, though. Yes, and so is Saaret's wife Suzanne. She's the 'everyman' inserted into their councils. She has given me, since EMPIRE: Tyrant, a touchstone for the Emperor's policies, as well as a person for the reader to use to learn what was going on. I see the new ideas group is back as well. They've been there all along, together with the business ideas group and the new ideas review group, as the Consulting function in Imperial administration. But you're right, they're explicitly back in EMPIRE: Conqueror, to research how to win the peace long term. They're critical in advising the Emperor how to ensure the peace. What is the cover scene this time? It's one of the confrontations between a main Sintar formation of thirty-two thousand ships and a main DP formation of twenty thousand ships. It's more of a tactical display because the ships wouldn't be anywhere near that close in a real confrontation. But the perspective did allow James Lewis-Vines, the artist, to showcase the difference between the new-design Sintaran warships and the new-design DP warships. How long did EMPIRE: Conqueror take to write? Thirty-seven days, so five to six weeks, pretty par for the course for an EMPIRE book. More interesting is that I finished the day before the first anniversary of starting EMPIRE: Reformer, so I wrote all six books in a single year. You have an Author's Afterword at the end of EMPIRE: Conqueror. Yes, I wanted to talk to the reader a bit about the story, about how I write, and about my themes. In particular, I wanted to tell the reader the starting premise of the whole series. There's a big reveal there.