Empire (Card novel)

Empire
First edition
AuthorOrson Scott Card
Cover artistBob Warner
LanguageEnglish
GenreSpeculative fiction
PublisherTor Books
Publication date
2006
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages352
ISBN0-7653-1611-0
OCLC71210222
813/.54 22
LC ClassPS3553.A655 E486 2006
Followed byHidden Empire 

Empire is a 2006 dystopian novel by American writer Orson Scott Card. It tells the story of a possible Second American Civil War, this time between the Right wing and Left wing in the near future. It is the first of the two books in the Empire duet, followed by Hidden Empire with the video game Shadow Complex bridging the two.