The Trade of Queens

Praise for the Novels of the Merchant Princes

“The world-building in this series is simply superb—in other words, it is engaging, crystal clear, and disturbingly real.… The Merchants’ War is fast-paced and engrossing and will leave readers ravenous for the next installment.”

—SciFi Weekly

“Lots of action … this should please Stross fans and anyone else interested in Dr. Strangelove scenarios.”

—Booklist on The Trade of Queens

“Raises the tension several more notches … The action continues to be compelling, with the author throwing in new surprises every time the reader thinks the story’s about to settle down for an easy lope through a world that many writers would consider sufficiently interesting to explore without searching for still more wrinkles.”

—Asimov’s Science Fiction on The Merchants’ War

“Charles Stross, whose books burst with pop-science ideas, intrigue, strong characters, and even romance, continues his Merchant Princes series.… Stross is an energetic writer … who creates page-turning reads.”

—BookPage

“These books are immense fun, a sort of twenty-first-century version of the solid, thought-out costume sword-and-spaceship fiction that provided the enduring spine of science fiction entertainment.”

—Locus on The Hidden Family

“Very successful—perhaps even successful enough to give Roger Zelazny’s Amber and Philip José Farmer’s World of Tiers a run for their money. Yes, Stross is that good.”

—Analog on The Hidden Family