About the Author

CHARLES STROSS was born in Leeds, England, in 1964. He has worked as a pharmacist, software engineer and freelance journalist, but now writes full-time. To date, Stross has won two Hugo Awards and been nominated twelve times. He has also won the Locus Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best Novella, and has been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke and Nebula Awards. His books include The Merchant Princess series, the Laundry series, and several stand-alone novels including Glasshouse, Accelerando, and Saturn's Children.

Reviews

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