You’ve entered the mysterious world of Shadow Complex. Now you must save Claire and stop the Restoration! Discover game-altering power-ups and weapons, plus more than 100 other items. Use new abilities to infiltrate the secret underground base. Shadow Complex is a 2D/3D side-scrolling shooter with a focus on exploration and interactive environments available for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade.

Contents.Plot introduction The book follows Major Reuben Malich and U.S. Army Bartholomew Coleman, both former officers, as America falls into a after the of both the. A radical leftist army calling itself the Progressive Restoration takes over and declares itself the rightful government of the United States. Plot summary The book opens with Major Malich, a captain at the time, leading a team in a town of an unnamed speaking country. They are attacked and return fire, saving a village with only one civilian casualty and earning Captain Malich a promotion to Major.Major Malich works at, where he writes the plans to find holes in American security, having no idea that they will fall into the wrong hands.

The plans call for a stealthy underwater entrance into, followed by a attack on the, relying on an inside informant to give the location of the President. Malich and Coleman come upon the attack in progress, and, after acquiring rifles, attempt to prevent the attack. Although they succeed in killing one of the men holding the launchers, the second fires and hits the south wall of the, killing the President, and several others. It is later revealed the had been assassinated by a backing up into his.

Suspicion then turns to Malich, as he had written the plans and was present at the attack.While Malich is being debriefed at the Pentagon, Coleman is asked to participate in a right wing coup to correct the existing government. Coleman recounts the meeting on live television and retreats to Malich's side in. The next morning they both decide to take a borrowed SUV to. They are caught in an uprising led by high tech that fire on anyone wearing uniforms.

After rescuing a squad of officers, they escape on foot via the to New Jersey where they collaborate with the to repel a horde of the mechanized warriors. Two jets are shot down into, one hitting the gown of the.Once back in New Jersey, Malich and Coleman join Malich's wife who used to work for an congressman who is now, due to the, President of the United States. Malich's wife is summoned by the new President. He asks for Malich, Coleman and Malich's former Special Forces operators to help save the United States. Malich is ordered to retrieve his operations report created at the Pentagon.

While there, his trusted secretary, DeeNee, betrays him, shooting him in the eye and killing him before his escorts could react. Coleman escapes only to be pursued by more mechanized warriors and hover-bikes. They are eventually repelled by gunships dispatched by the President.The new, Averell Torrent, is one of Malich's former professors. He sends a team including Malich's Special Forces operators and Coleman out to discover information about the Restoration group responsible for Malich's death and the subversion of the United States of America.Upon finding the Progressive Restoration's lair, the team, led by Coleman, reconnoiter the mountain hideout. They invade and take its leader prisoner. After the defeat of the Progressive Restoration, Torrent is elected in a landslide victory as he was the presidential nominee for both the parties.

Rather than wait until the next year's inauguration, the current president immediately steps down to let Torrent start his term.Towards the end of the novel, Reuben's wife Cecily begins to suspect Torrent's involvement in instigating the entire conflict in order to ascend to power. She discovers many of the key rebel leaders were taught at some point by him. From the notes Reuben left from his classes with him, she uncovers Torrent's obsession with the between the and the, and Torrent's belief that the United States is in the same stage. The book ends with Cecily and Coleman, to whom she reveals her suspicions, wondering whether this is truly the case.

No indication is given as to how Torrent will use his power, setting the novel up for a.Setting The leader of the 'Progressive Restoration' rebellion movement in the book, Aldo Verus, is often seen as corresponding the real-life liberal financier. Reception The novel's political stance has received both praise and derision. Commended the novel for being 'heartfelt and sobering' and expressed approval for 'the author's message about the dangers of extreme political polarization and the need to reassert moderation and mutual citizenship.' Other critics were less favourable. 'Right-wing rhetoric trumps the logic of story and character in this (.) implausibly plotted departure from Card’s bestselling science fiction,' wrote. Assessed the novel as 'entertaining, though not one of Card's best efforts,' and expressed reservations about its tendency to 'lean heavily to the right' and sound 'more like social commentary than fiction'.

In, faulted the novel for constructing a world where 'insanity is mostly the province of liberalism' and compared the characters and dialogue to ' action figures' and 'bumper stickers and political-convention applause lines.' He also dismissed its afterword's claim of impartiality as a false.In addition, the novel has received praise for its action. Booklist characterized it as a 'relentless thriller,' praising its plot and pacing: 'Intriguing plot wrinkles come fore and aft of those basic developments, there are many deftly shaped supporting players, and major shocks explode in a split second (.) Moreover, all the action doesn't obscure the author's message (.); indeed, it drives it home.' Praised the story as a 'blistering read' in which 'Card plots hard-boiled action just as well as, and layers in character detail and dialogue you'll never find in a novel.' It has a rating of 3.4 out of 5 on out of 8000 votes.

Awards The novel was nominated for the in 2007. Adaptations Video game Empire is not an original Orson Scott Card project, but rather stems from the development of the Empire video game. The game was being developed by the brothers Donald and Geremy Mustard, founders of the until it was canceled. Card was contacted by Donald Mustard and offered the chance to develop the game's storyline as well as a novel to set the series into action.

The Xbox Live Arcade Game was announced by Donald Mustard to be a tie-in to the second installment of Orson Scott Card's Empire Trilogy and is a prequel to the Empire novel that is developed by ChAIR. Film The rights to a film version of Empire have been acquired by and Sequel At the video game convention it was revealed by Donald Mustard of that the game will serve as a tie-in to the second installment of the Empire trilogy, which was released on December 22, 2009. In a developer's diary for the video game Card stated that the game serves as a prequel to the original book. The game takes place a few hours after the vice president is killed and ends within a 24-hour period of its opening.

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