{"product_id":"empire-richard-f-weyand-9781734075854","title":"Empire: Intervention","description":"Forty years ago, the Emperor Trajan committed to supporting the Western colonies and not interfering in their politics. But when some colonies fall into tyranny, must he support despotism without intervening? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOfficially, yes. Unofficially, not so much. The Empress Amanda and Dieter Stauss conspire to overthrow the tyrannies, sending in a mechanized brigade of retired Imperial Marines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrigadier General Ann Turley (IM, ret) has to figure out how to sneak an armored invasion force onto Julian, overturn the government, and not just kill everyone who gets in her way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor an Imperial Marine, that's a tough assignment. But Section Six sends Paul Gulliver, and he has his own ideas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTERVIEW WITH RICH WEYAND\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEMPIRE 13? Where's EMPIRE 10, 11, and 12? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe decided to number the EMPIRE series by their internal timeframe. Here are the trilogies, both available and in the works: I - 1,2,3 Domestic AffairsII - 4,5,6 Foreign AffairsIII - 7,8,9 Imperial PoliceIV - 10,11,12 Section SixV - 13,14,15 SuccessionVI - 16,17,18 RenewalVII - 19,20,21 The Department \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe series of books that follows the Throne are I, II, V, and VI. The series of books that follows the police and investigation activities is III, IV, and VII. So you shouldn't read either of those series out of order, but you can read either in order without reading the other. EMPIRE 10, 11, and 12 will be out the first half of next year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEMPIRE 13 is set quite a while after EMPIRE 6. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt begins forty-one years after EMPIRE 6, when Bobby and Amanda are celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary. He's 84 and she's 76, and he's been on the Throne fifty-one years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat's the problem in EMPIRE 13? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Emperor committed to supporting the Western colonies, and also to not interfering in their internal politics. They have to have a plebiscite as to whether to annex to the Empire after fifty years, but that's it. The problem is that a few of those colonies have fallen into tyranny, with the end result that the Emperor is oath-bound to supporting tyranny. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe can't like that much, but what can he do? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe can't do anything, but he also won't interfere if someone else does. So Dieter Stauss, under urging by Amanda, pulls a Marine brigadier general out of retirement, and her job is to knock over the government of Julian, one of the tyrannies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat sounds like it could get kinetic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an entire mechanized brigade of retired Imperial Marines? Why, yes. Yes, it does. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat's on the cover? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrigadier General Ann Turley (IM, ret) and Paul Gulliver, an Imperial agent with Section Six, standing before an M15 Imperial Marines main battle tank. It's a big tank, about 1.5 times the size of a US M1A2 in each dimension, so about three and a half times the volume of an M1A2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard F. Weyand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1734075856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734075854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Weyand Associates, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Richard F. Weyand","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217534628095,"sku":"9781734075854","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c6ef7084-7c4c-4e7d-9e48-9524a1edb8dc.jpg?v=1771997838","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/empire-richard-f-weyand-9781734075854","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}