Reading order · 3 books · 2017 to 2021 · Set in various places
Empire Games Books in Order
Empire Games continues the Merchant Princes story a generation later, as rival timelines prepare for conflict.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 2017 to 2021
- First book
- Empire Games
- Latest
- Invisible Sun (2021)
- Setting
- Set in various places
The reading order
Every Empire Games book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in various places
- 1Empire Games2017With Rita DouglasIn 2020, Rita Douglas is recruited by the American government to spy in another timeline.Buy on Amazon
- 2Dark State2018With Rita DouglasNuclear rivals from two timelines head for confrontation, as agents attempt a risky extraction and a sleeper cell threatens to unravel everything for Rita.Buy on Amazon
- 3Invisible Sun2021With Rita DouglasRita and her mother must stop a crisis spanning timelines, with a failed coup, a fugitive monarch and invaders pouring through a wormhole into the United States.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read after the Merchant Princes, starting with Empire Games.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Rita Douglas | Miriam Beckstein |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Empire Games | LLead | MMajor |
| 2 Dark State | LLead | MMajor |
| 3 Invisible Sun | LLead | MMajor |
Characters in the Empire Games books
2 characters from Charles Stross’s chart, with the number of Empire Games books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Rita DouglasMiriam's daughter, recruited as a spy | 3 | Empire Games 2017 |
| Miriam BecksteinTech journalist who can walk between worlds | 3 | Empire Games 2017 |