Empire in Crisis

The Empire is a political entity that encompasses hundreds of colonized worlds united by a common language (Esperanto) and under a single individual, the Emperor. But the Empire is getting old and creaky. Its government is riddled with corruption and is choking on red tape. The Space Force is bloated with the incompetent who have risen to high rank due to nepotism and patronage. The Emperor has been assassinated, and the Empire is surrounded by alien races that are becoming more hostile and more powerful as time goes on.

When an exploration fleet in the rift between sections of the spiral arm are attacked by an unknown race, the dead Emperor's clone-son, now on the throne, recognizes that the Empire is standing at the edge of an abyss and must find a way to not only win this new war against the alien aggressors but also overcome the inertia of the arrogant Space Force officers who are more ready to overthrow their Emperor than fight the war.

©2017 Dietmar Wehr (P)2017 Podium Audio

Excellent novel!

Very good! Really enjoyed this book. SciFi with intrigue and real adventure. Characters are likable and honest. Enjoyed the ending very much.
Looking forward to his other books.

More Please

As space operas go, this was pretty good. Do some work on character development and interactions

Excellent Space opera

The only down fall I have to say for this book, is that it is not a series as far as i'm aware. Additional political ties, and space opera / space mysteries could easily be tied into the Massive cliff that this book Drove us off at its end. I hope to see other books set in this universe in the future, tho not a continuation per say of this story line directly. Well done.

Very entertaining. While worth the purchase.

This had an excellent premise and it was a well-written book. I found it very enjoyable. I was only disappointed in the quick wrap up at the end. it seems to me that this was originally scheduled to be a multi-book series but ended up being quickly tied up into a single stand-alone book. That being said I still enjoyed it very much.

Very good reading

I really enjoyed the story line. I wish there was more deployment of the bad guys. I an hoping for a second book. There seem to me more unanswered questions