It's worth the read. But although the jacket notes say "most people want to be left alone" during Card's CWII, Card doesn't really address that issue, even in the afterword, which I otherwise found intriguing. I'd relate to "Empire" more if I were a connesur (sp) of scifi. This is the first book by Card I've read. I'd never heard of him until I found out about "Empire".
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