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= Empire (graphic novel) = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Empire is a 1978 graphic novel written by Samuel R. Delany and illustrated by Howard Chaykin.

Plot
A powerful device has been hidden in separate pieces. Qrelon, whose planet was destroyed by the empire, leads a small group of rebels that risks everything to collect the pieces of the device that, once complete, will be the weapon powerful enough to destroy the planet-sized computer that runs the empire. Wryn, an archaeology student, is chosen by the empire to assassinate the rebel leader.

Reception
Reviews appeared in New Worlds, #216 September 1979 and Science Fiction Review, May 1980.