Just Another Empire

by Mark Driver

New Orleans. 1699. Beauregarde du Spoiler--an obnoxious, violent, alcoholic aristocrat--is exiled from France and given one last shot to make good. If he screws up any more, he's gonna get booted from the family and--more importantly--all its wealth. So, it's six months after the move to the New World. How's he holding up? Well, his best friend is a bomb-throwing anarchist attempting to overthrow the colonial authority, his girlfriend is an escaped slave who's twice as smart as he is, his bar tab down at the Rusty Bone Saw is fast eclipsing the national debt of France, the woman he's been arranged to marry has REALLY hairy arms, and, worst of all, it is looking increasingly more likely he will have to--gasp--get a job...

Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Seth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just Another Empire is probably one of the funniest anti-consumerist, anti-government novels you'll find, or at least the most burrito-focused. Reading any book that's as personal to the author as this one, you're going to find problematic narrative side effects from emotion and belief which make you roll your eyes or at least purse your lips and exhale your breath sharply to make this noise: "pft." This one is no different, except that Mark Driver remedies all his side effects right after you identify them, in smart ways that make you feel like a jerk for doubting him. So I'll apologize for that by not spilling the secret that his cynical and loud-mouthed rant is actually a quietly hopeful celebration.

[Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a unique telling of a story, this was so enthralling. Adventure, history, action, love, nobility, humor. This book has it all!