The Revolution Business
The fifth novel in the continuing saga of the Merchant Princes — SF adventure at its finest!
Things are going badly for the Clan in this new SF novel of the Merchant
Princes, the immensely popular series by Charles Stross. Locked in a
vicious civil war for control over the kingdom of Niejwein, their army
is bottled up inside a fortress under siege in two parallel universes
at once. Duke Angbard, the Clan’s leader, has been laid low by a
stroke: plotters are already conspiring in readiness for the deadly
dance to come.
Miriam, rescued from a tight spot in New Britain,
finds the hopes of the young, progressive faction focused on her. But
do they want her as a leader or a figurehead? She soon finds herself
thrown into a desperate struggle for power. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to
the Clan, researchers working for the US government have achieved a
technological breakthrough. The War on Terror is about to go
transdimensional.
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Charles Stross
Charles Stross doesn’t just write science fiction—he reverse-engineers the future. Whether unraveling the complexities of AI, economics, or cosmic horror, his stories feel less like speculative fiction and more like eerily plausible roadmaps to tomorrow. A former software developer and technical writer, Stross brings a hacker’s mindset to storytelling, dissecting the machinery of reality and exposing the glitches beneath.
Born in Leeds, England, Stross grew up surrounded by the last vestiges of the Industrial Age, a landscape that would later inform his fascination with systems—both human and technological. Before becoming a full-time author, he dabbled in everything from pharmacy to computer science, experiences that lend his work an uncanny level of authenticity. His early exposure to computing and online culture made him one of the first sci-fi writers to deeply explore the implications of a hyper-connected world, long before the tech boom turned cyberpunk into a reality.
The Merchant Princes
The Merchant Princes consists of six books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Main series The Merchant Princes Universe
