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I am writing this review to include all three novels in the Dread Empire's Fall series. I guarantee if you read the first you will read all three and they are all equally good. WJW is right up there with Peter F. Hamilton, Alastair Reynolds, Neal Asher and Iain M. Banks in my mind. If you haven't guessed I favor Space Opera. With the action and intrigue the entertainment value cannot be beat. Like the others I mention, Williams is a master storyteller, utilizing deft character creation and a subtle hand with language. The love scenes between Martinez and his women are delicately written, so much so that I passed my Kindle to my wife so she could read them. The battle scenes focus more on the intellectual side of determining strategy to beat the scummy Naxids than on simple bloody action, although that also has a place. The almost surreal collaboration between Sula and Martinez is interesting as well. Don't make the mistake of missing out on Walter Jon Williams brings to the table.


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Dread Empire Fall The Praxis Walter Jon Williams Books Reviews

Walter Jon Williams is a very good writer. I thought he sculpted a very good story, interesting story line, good character development. My only real complaint with this whole series is that his characters are not very likeable. They are written as fairly petty people, more concerned with their own perceived ill treatment. While caring about what happens to them, you are never really worried is something bad is going to happen, because they really aren't much to worry about. Other than that I enjoyed the whole series.
This has been on my purchase and to read list for a long time. I remember some early works like the Crown Jewels and Ambassador of Progress by Williams that I enjoyed. So I started in on this.

And it did start slow. But I stuck with it. And then it emerged as well done. Perhaps our heroes are too much involved as the only ones who can think of new solutions to the problem of warfare in an age where nothing has changed for thousands of years.

A subtler way might have been for their new tactics being used to get the ball rolling and then happenstance allowing them to further refine other issues that occur.

There are mores of society and political marriage that rival other times and empires where progeny were created to safeguard the family wealth and this plays out well too.

In all, a read that prompted me to immediately order the next book in the series.
The Praxis is the first in a series that seems to span the galaxy. The galaxy is ruled by the Shaa, but they are dying off. What will happen once they are gone? Will the subjugated races across the galaxy continue to live in harmony? Of course not, that would be a boring book. This book is about the origin of the war that breaks out when they are gone.

Mr. Williams does an excellent job of not over complicating the story by piling on the characters. The book has two main characters, Lt. Gareth Martinez and Cadet Sula. Both characters are flawed characters who excel, Mr. Williams does a good job of creating believable flaws that help readers emphasize with them. There are a couple of plot twists that are fairly obvious but over all it is a solidly written book, I look forward to reading the next one.
This review applies to the three books in the series, which are really one whole story. The story gets started slowly, but by the time I got to the end of the third book, I couldn't put it down. Now I am going to miss the characters I have gotten to know so well.

The story is well written for the most part, with lots of great detail and a well fleshed out universe.

Why not five stars? The characters from other species are pretty flat and cartoonish. I can't imagine a universe where all these races would co-exist under one empire for 10 thousand years, but perhaps, the problem is with my memory. The main characters, which are mostly human, are thoughtful and pretty well developed, if not a bit self-absorbed. Still, it was a good read, and I would recommend it to anyone who has the patience to get past the first 100 pages or so of the first book.
Was hopeful from the prologue that this might be interesting. However it turned into a science fiction version of "Pride and Prejudice". Yuk! I'm not interested in some silly political advancement through marriage tome. What ever this is it's not good science fiction. Gave up 1/2 way through. I don't care whose sister marries who for the political gain of some imaginary clan in some imaginary society. I won't be reading this author ever again. What a waste of my time and money.
Now here is a novel penned in the very definition of "space opera." Large than life characters, multiple sentient species, wormhole transportation--literally spanning the kitchen-sink mode of interstellar galactic conflict. The plot is tight (albeit a bit predictable), the pace is relatively quick, but the real clincher is the caste system rigidly in place to control ANY thought of even remotely acting independently--whether singularly or collectively. The philosophy of the Praxis needs to be expanded upon, but that's a minor quibble. This is a series that is worthy of continuation!
This is one of my all time favorites Sci-fi series. In my opinion, much better characters and story than the good (but way over-rated) Expanse series. It’s an exciting universe of betrayals and challenges, with loads of snobbery and class struggle that keep you cheering for the “underdogs” and secretly hoping that the two protagonists get over themselves and get together!

I encourage pretty much everyone who asks about a good sci-fi series to start with this epic space opera, with easy-to-engage with characters and perfectly described action and battle sequences!

I keep hoping that there will be more of this universe some day!
I am writing this review to include all three novels in the Dread Empire's Fall series. I guarantee if you read the first you will read all three and they are all equally good. WJW is right up there with Peter F. Hamilton, Alastair Reynolds, Neal Asher and Iain M. Banks in my mind. If you haven't guessed I favor Space Opera. With the action and intrigue the entertainment value cannot be beat. Like the others I mention, Williams is a master storyteller, utilizing deft character creation and a subtle hand with language. The love scenes between Martinez and his women are delicately written, so much so that I passed my to my wife so she could read them. The battle scenes focus more on the intellectual side of determining strategy to beat the scummy Naxids than on simple bloody action, although that also has a place. The almost surreal collaboration between Sula and Martinez is interesting as well. Don't make the mistake of missing out on Walter Jon Williams brings to the table.