Empire of the East
Empire of the East is a novel by Fred Saberhagen published in 1979. Plot summary. "Empire of the East" is a novel in which the East rules the West in the far future. Reception. Dave Langford reviewed "Empire of the East" for "White Dwarf" #52, and stated that "Swashbuckling fun, routine plot, boldly unsubtle characters, clever technology-based magic: my only quibble is that according to Book 3's revelations, the atomic dreadnought unearthed in book 1 ought not to have worked." Colin Greenland reviewed "Empire of the East" for "Imagine" magazine, and stated that "Nothing  very original here but it is a well-organised yarn that trots along steadily through landscapes full of disdainful demons and enigmatic artifacts of power, not the least of them the legendary Elephant, a slumbering metal beast with '426th ARMORED DIVISION' lettered on its flank ..."