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Empire of the One (Wine of the Gods Series Book 14) Kindle Edition
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They crossed the dimensions to spy on the World that attacked their own. The "Oners" had been very high tech, very aggressive, as magic as their own people. They went to collect information, and found a world preparing for war. Can they use this strange world's social conventions to derail a war?
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateFebruary 16, 2014
- File size1419 KB
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- ASIN : B00II99S58
- Publisher : Iron Ax Press (February 16, 2014)
- Publication date : February 16, 2014
- Language : English
- File size : 1419 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 436 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #334,802 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,275 in Action & Adventure Romance (Books)
- #4,127 in Science Fiction Romance (Kindle Store)
- #4,576 in Science Fiction Romance (Books)
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About the author

I grew up in California, one of those horse-mad girls.
Horse books, Horse drawings, riding lessons . . . the parents finally surrendered when I was thirteen and bought a horse. And another. And another.
I still have two, a granddaughter and great grandson of my first very own, don't-have-to-share-with-the-sisters, horse.
My reading slipped from horse and dog stories to science fiction, but even though I'm writing science fiction, there seem to be rather a lot of horses in the stories, somehow. And dinosaurs.
My stories in my favorite Fictional Universe, Wine of the Gods, are going up, book by book. In internal chronology:
Outcasts and Gods -- A stand alone novel.
Exiles and Gods -- Three novellas.
The Black Goats -- A stand alone novel.
Explorers -- First of a series.
Spy Wars -- Second.
Comet Fall -- Third.
A Taste of Wine -- A short story collection.
The Dark Lady -- Last of the series, but not the last in this universe.
Growing Up Magic -- Three novellas.
Young Warriors -- Stand alone novel.
God of Assassins -- Stand alone novel.
Empire of the One -- Stand alone novel.
Dancer -- Stand alone novel in the Empire of the One.
Warriors of the one -- Short story in the Empire of the One.
Earth Gate -- Novel.
Mages at Large -- Novella.
Triplets -- Novella
Sea Wolves -- Novella.
Bad Karma -- Short story.
Darkside of the Moon -- Novella.
Cascades -- A collection of stories.
Olympian -- Novella in the Empire of the One.
Embassy -- Novel.
One the Run -- A collection of stories.
Rael -- Two stories in the Empire of the One.
God of the Sun -- Novel.
Cannibal World -- Novella.
The Directorate Series is a spin off, following three young characters from previous stories: Ra'd the time-displaced Warrior of the One, Paer Withione, the President's daughter, and Ebsa Clostuone "Kitchen" from Dancer.
Directorate School -- Novel.
A Tale of Three Interns -- Novella.
Trouble in Paradise -- Novella.
First Posting -- Short story.
Surveillance -- Short story.
Fort Dinosaur -- Novella.
I'm currently working on a print Omnibus of the Directorate stories. I ought to get that out this summer.
And I might manage to squeeze out three more stories in 2017.
Writing "Kid safe" adventures as Zoey Ivers:
The Barton Street Gym
Chicago
Demi God
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One thing jarred me. At the beginning we're introduced to several characters and I expect them to be who we'll be following. Soon, however, we're looking at completely new characters and the original characters retreat very much into the background. As it happens, much of the story action is the result of what they were doing in the background but I expected a more active, on stage, roll given that beginning.
That's a distinctly minor point, though. Ms. Uphoff produced an intriguing mix of magic and technology. Or is it? Is the magic, magic or simply a different form of technology? I'm either case I enjoyed it and the story around it.
There was adventure. There was romance (some, anyway). There was political intrigue.
Due to the cross-series nature of this book, I wouldn't recommend reading it until you've read the other books in the series first, at minimum: Outcasts and Gods, Explorers, Spy Wars, Comet Fall, Dark Lady, and Warriors. Each of those books are also fantastic reads which I'm confident you'll find very enjoyable.
With this book, we get a view of the Oner society, it's hierarchical structure and the religion at the center of its core. The nice thing about this is that it humanizes the Oners and make them more than just "the enemy."
All in all it was a better story than I expected. Looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
This story is interesting because it take place almost entirely on the home planet of the "Empire of the One". As usually for this series, the characters are very strong. The only flaw in this novel is the naming convention used by the Oners is confusing.
This series really resonated with me. I read all 19 current volumes in about 30 days.
No spoilers here. As the title implies, we get to learn about the Empire of the One. However, there is no lack of action, be assured.
The entire series is worth diving into, even if some of the early books may seem a bit odd...
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