Centrální impérium 1 - Hranice impéria – Kotouč Jan (2024)

Daniel Hankerson is a genetically enhanced member of the imperial family, but rather than relying on family influence and money, he has always depended on his ability to read people, which helps him both in his work for the naval intelligence and in playing cards. Thanks to this skill, he senses that something is in the air when someone tries to kill him during a robbery, and he doesn't have a good feeling about the upcoming mission on the edge of the Empire either. The more it is talked about as a routine test of a new communication ship, the more suspicious it becomes. The central Empire is too vast, too fragile, and held together by too many compromises. External enemies want to take their share, but the internal ones are even more dangerous. As the Chinese proverb goes, the Empire is in for interesting times. '[The Borders of the Empire] is a magnificent science fiction that equally focuses on characters and action, and where moral responsibility and duty are not shied away from. And how many heroes do you find financing the defense of human civilization by playing poker?' David Weber