Empire FallsEmpire Falls, Maine: once a thriving hub of industry, this small town nestles in a bend of the vast and winding Knox River, and has always been the empire of the wealthy Whiting family. Now the last Mrs Whiting presides like a black widow spider over its declining fortunes. She harbours a grudge against her employee Miles Roby, who runs the Whiting owned Empire Grill, but hopes one day to own it himself. Miles, gentle and hopeless, has other problems: