Empire Games

In "Empire Games," Charles Stross introduces a new generation of paratime travelers navigating parallel universes in a post-revolutionary landscape. Set in 2020, the story unfolds as Miriam Burgeson, head of the Ministry of Intertemporal Research and Intelligence, grapples with an approaching crisis from the U.S., where her estranged daughter, Rita, is caught in a web of espionage. As two nuclear superpowers face off and the stakes rise, both women find themselves on opposing sides of a looming conflict that could lead to catastrophic consequences.