Book · 2008 · Fiction
Empire of Lies
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When back in the 2000s I wrote a book called Empire of Lies which took a very honest look at the clash between uh Islam and the West.
Andrew Klavan · The Megyn Kelly Show · Dec 2025 Listen at 7:41 Why people recommend it
Empire of Lies by Andrew Klavan is a novel published in the 2000s that offers an intense, unflinching examination of the ideological and cultural clash between the Western world and Islam. The author discussed the personal and professional fallout of the book across multiple podcast appearances. On The Rubin Report in October 2022, Andrew Klavan revealed that writing the novel was an exceptionally difficult and emotional experience that took a severe psychological toll on him, marking the only time in his career when he seriously considered giving up writing altogether. Later, on a December 2025 episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, Klavan revisited the book while reflecting on his broader career trajectory, explaining how the uncompromising nature of the story and its frank engagement with sensitive geopolitical and religious themes fundamentally shifted the ways his literary work was reviewed and recognized by awards committees and critics alike.
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Andrew Klavan When back in the 2000s I wrote a book called Empire of Lies which took a very honest look at the clash betw… 2
“When back in the 2000s I wrote a book called Empire of Lies which took a very honest look at the clash between uh Islam and the West.”
“No, the, only time I ever thought of giving up was after writing a book called "Empire of Lies," which was a very difficult book and a very emotional book, and it really wrecked me.”