Denver Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club

HIDDEN EMPIRE
by
KEVIN J. ANDERSON
Hidden Empire older cover Hidden Empire (2002)
The Saga of Seven Suns - Book One

Aspect science fiction paperback
cover art by Steve Youll
619 pages (left)

2007 Orbit science fiction paperback
619 pages (right)		 Hidden Empire newer cover
From the back cover of the Aspect paperback:
        The Enemy Unknown
       Having colonized the worlds of the spiral arm, mankind's three branches -- the Terran Hansa, starship-dwelling Roamers, and telepathic Green Priests -- are certain the galaxy is theirs for the taking.  But when scientists successfully test a device that transforms gas giant planets into new suns, humanity soon discovers the brutal, horrifying price of arrogance in deep space.  For Jovian planets are the homeworlds of an undreamt-of alien species, the hydrogues.  Infinitely advanced, supremely powerful, and now the victims of accidental genocide, the hydrogues don't seek apologies or reparations.  Instead, the incredible armadas of invincible, city-sized warships suddenly emerge from the galaxy's billions of gaseous worlds with a single mission -- to annihilate every last human being in the universe...

Read for group discussion on October 24, 2007
Bibliography:
Kevin J. Anderson (1962-    ) is a prolific, bestselling author of science fiction.  He is married to writer Rebecca Moesta.  They live in Colorado.

The Saga of Seven Suns series
-- Hidden Empire (2002)
-- A Forest of Stars (2003)
-- Horizon Storms (2004)
-- Scattered Suns (2005)
-- Of Fire and Night (2006)
-- Metal Swarm (2007)
-- The Ashes of Worlds (2008)

-- Veiled Alliances (2004), is a Seven Suns prequel graphic novel from Wildstorm/DC Comics

DUNE BOOKS, WITH BRIAN HERBERT
Prelude to Dune
-- Dune: House Atreides (1999)
-- Dune: House Harkonnen (2000)
-- Dune: House Corrino (2001)

Legends of Dune
-- The Butlerian Jihad (2002)
-- The Machine Crusade (2003)
-- The Battle of Corrin (2004)

Grand Climax of Dune
-- Hunters of Dune (2006)
-- Sandworms of Dune (2007)

Heroes of Dune
-- Paul of Dune (2008)

STAR WARS BOOKS
Star Wars Jedi Academy Trilogy
-- Jedi Search (1994)
-- Dark Apprentice (1994)
-- Champions of the Force (1994)

-- Darksaber (1996)

Young Jedi Knights series, with Rebecca Moesta
feature Jacen and Jaina Solo, the twin children of Han and Leia
-- Heirs of the Force (1995)
-- Shadow Academy (1995)
-- The Lost Ones (1995)
-- Lightsabers (1996)
-- Darkest Knight (1996)
-- Jedi Under Siege (1996)
-- Shards of Alderaan (1997)
-- Diversity Alliance (1997)
-- Delusions of Grandeur (1997)
-- Jedi Bounty (1997)
-- The Emperor's Plague (1997)
-- Return to Ord Mantell (1998)
-- Trouble on Cloud City (1998)
-- Crisis at Crystal Reef (1998)

Star Wars anthologies edited by Anderson
-- Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (1995)
-- Tales from Jabba's Palace (1996)
-- Tales of the Bounty Hunters (1996)

X-FILES BOOKS
-- X-Files: Ground Zero (1995)
-- X-Files: Ruins (1996)
-- X-Files: Antibodies (1997)

ORIGINAL BOOKS
Gamearth fantasy trology
-- Gamearth (1989)
-- Gameplay (1989)
-- Game's End (1990)

-- Resurrection, Inc. (1988), gritty near-future SF novel, his first novel
-- Climbing Olympus (1994), involves colonizing Mars
-- Blindfold (1995), SF novel with telepaths
-- Hopscotch (2002), SF novel involving switching bodies
-- The Martian War (2005)

Short story collections
-- Dogged Persistence (2001)

Miscellaneous shared world, novelizations, etc.
-- War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches (1996), anthology edited by Anderson
-- Ai! Pedrito! (1998), a novelization of a spy story by L. Ron Hubbard
-- The Outer Limits: Armageddon Dreams (1999), contains a script by Harlan Ellison
-- Fantastic Voyage: Microcosm (2001)
-- Captain Nemo (2002), fictional life of Jules Verne's Captain Nemo
-- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), novelization
-- Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow (2004), novelization
-- Dean Koontz' Frankenstein: The Prodigal Son (2005)
-- Artifact (2005, with Janet Berliner, Matthew J. Costello & F. Paul Wilson), collaborative SF thriller
-- Slan Hunter (2007), using materials by A.E. van Vogt
-- The Last Days of Krypton (2007), Superman

COLLABOATIONS
Craig Kreident series with Doug Beason
-- Virtual Destruction (1996)
-- Fallout (1997)
-- Lethal Exposure (1998)

Other books with Doug Beason
-- Lifeline (1990)
-- The Trinity Paradox (1991)
-- Assemblers of Infinity (1993)
-- Ill Wind (1995)
-- Ignition (1997)

Books with Rebecca Moesta
-- Titan A.E.: Akima's Story (2000), novelization
-- Titan A.E.: Cale's Story (2000), novelization
-- StarCraft: Shadow of Xel'Naga (2001), by "Gabriel Mesta"

Crystal Doors Trilogy, with Rebecca Moesta, young adult
-- Island Realm (2006)
-- Ocean Realms (2007)

Book with John Gregory Betancourt
-- Born of Elven Blood (1995), young adult fantasy

Books with Kristine Kathryn Rusch
-- Afterimage (1992), dark fantasy
-- Afterimage/Aftershock (1998), Aftershock is a sequel to Afterimage

Links:
WordFire: Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta
Kevin J. Anderson - Wikipedia
The Best Reviews: Kevin J. Anderson, Hidden Empire Review
Kevin J Anderson: Hidden Empire - an infinity plus review
Rambles: Kevin J. Anderson, The Saga of Seven Suns #1: Hidden Empire

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