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The Infinite State
A Science Fiction Novel by Richard Swan
Book 1 of the The Decurion Saga Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Dystopian,
- Political Thriller
This book is for you if you're into...
- Galaxy-spanning empires with suffocating fascist control
- Plots to build democracy in the shadow of totalitarian power
- Characters scheming for freedom under constant surveillance
From Little Stack
In The Decurion Saga, we’re dropped into a brilliantly constructed empire that feels like Nazi Germany or Cold War Russia, complete with antiquated and repressive views on gender roles, sexuality, reproduction, civic harmony, and freedom of…well, pretty much everything. The state really does feel infinite as the title suggests, with power that can reach into any home in what feels like a vast sci-fi civilization.
It’s an oppressive, twisted, bureaucratic nightmare of a place, and inevitably, one that you are desperate for the characters to break free of as they set off to form their own free democratic world. One of the darkest sci-fi empires I’ve read since the Warhammer universe!
In this blistering science fiction epic, international bestselling author Richard Swan presents a thrilling tale of survival and an eviscerating examination of totalitarianism. THE INFINITE STATE begins at a flashpoint in the lives of a widowed party member, a disgraced investigator, and a hypersled pilot—entangled in a plot to escape the suffocating authority of a fascist state.
WHO GIVES YOU LIFE? PATER AETERNUS.
Katherine Fuller’s husband is dead. As an esteemed member of Pater Aeternus—governing party of the fascist, galaxy-spanning Decurion Empire—he has left behind an estate of immeasurable wealth. And Katherine is going to inherit it.
WHO GIVES YOU PURPOSE? PATER AETERNUS.
Life under the Eternal Father is rigidly stratified, surveilled, and controlled—each new day to be endured, not lived. But with Katherine’s newfound fortune, she is presented with a rare and dangerous opportunity: purchase a virgin world, and create a better, fairer society.
WHO GIVES YOU JOY? PATER AETERNUS.
But the Empire cannot allow its wayward daughter to succeed. And as Katherine works in secret, recruiting allies she's not even sure she can trust, she will discover exactly how far Pater Aeternus is willing to go to stop her. Because Katherine is going to create something nobody has seen for many years. A democracy.
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