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I feel ripped off. This book is half a story. Maybe less. The “Collapsing Empire” is very much un-collapsed at the end of this book. Unlike the Old Man’s series in which each book is a self-contained story, The Collapsing Empire is clearly the first book in a series yet to come. It is the Introduction. It should have come with a subtitle: PART 1, or PRELUDE It is also 99.9% political drama. The empire, trade houses, politicians, all arguing predictably for their self-interest.