Dread Empire's Fall: The Praxis
Walter Jon Williams
(Reviewer - D. H. BROWN)
2003 HarperTorch
ISBN: 038082020X

The Shaa have subjugated the universe for millennia & now its power is fading.

Young Terran Gareth Martinez, a naval officer, is the first to recognize an insidious plot of a powerful, warlike insectoid society that was longest enslaved by the Shaa. They have learnt well from their masters & are now planning to rule the vastness themselves.

Together with pilot Caroline Sula, who has her own dark secrets, Martinez is the last hope for freedom against a merciless foe.

Senior Staff Reviewer D. H. BROWN writes:

As anyone who has ever read one of my reviews in the Science Fiction genre knows, I am a sucker for the head candy of the Space Opera. I don't know why, maybe it harks back to my early years of Heinlein, but I like the vastness of thought, the enormous parameters of a created universe in the far future dealing with things all too human with enough science & technology thrown in to make me believe, at least to the end of the book, that I've been there & done that!

That is what Walter Jon Williams has accomplished in his first book in the new saga of Dread Empire's Fall: The Praxis.

Did I find it to be great literature? No! Did I find it to be great SciFi writing? No. Did I find it engrossing? Imaginative? Yes! In fact it kept me tethered like a pitbull on a leash, truly very good space opera writing.

I await eagerly for the next installment of Dread Empire's Fall: The Sundering.

More from Walter Jon Williams:
Destiny's Way
The Rift
City of Fire
Metropolitan & many more!
(12/21/03)

D. H. BROWN
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Reviewer's Bio:
D. H. BROWN is the author of the critically acclaimed HONOR DUE and the Citizens Warrior Series. The son of missionary parents and with the help his Uncle Sam, he has touched base in more than 40 countries. In 1986 he produced the independent children's film Lessie's Rainbow. During the late 80s and early 90s, he wrote the book Common Sense and delivered the seminars of the same name for the Community Action Network of Seattle (CAN). While doing his early Vietnam recovery work, he counseled Veterans and spoke widely to men's groups in Washington state, and was a founder of The Lodge of the Wolf.

D. H. BROWN has worked as a Logistics and Weapons Specialist in Viet Nam; day laborer; Director of Security; Armored Car Driver; Police Officer; Professional Hunting Guide; Trapper; Dog Sledder; Homesteader; Truck Driver; General Contractor; Minister; Editor; Writer; Speaker; Restaurateur; Movie Producer; Antique Restoration Specialist; Personal Care Worker; PC Repair Specialist; Computer Instructor; Webmaster and Web Designer. "I write about what I know."

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