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The Praxis (Dread Empire's Fall, Book 1)

Written by Walter Jon Williams

Average Score: 73(3)

All will must bend to the perfect truth of The Praxis

For millennia, the Shaa have subjugated the universe, forcing the myriad sentient races to bow to their joyless tyranny. But the Shaa will soon be no more. The dread empire is in its rapidly fading twilight, and with its impending fall comes the promise of a new galactic order . . . and bloody chaos.

A young Terran naval officer marked by his lowly birth, Lt. Gareth Martinez is the first to recognize the insidious plot of the Naxid -- the powerful, warlike insectoid society that was enslaved before all others -- to replace the masters’ despotic rule with their own. Barely escaping a swarming surprise attack, Martinez and Caroline Sula, a pilot whose beautiful face conceals a deadly secret, are now the last hope for freedom for every being who ever languished in Shaa chains -- as the interstellar battle begins against a merciless foe whose only perfect truth is annihilation.

Book Details

Science Fiction
Mass Market Paperback, 448 Pages
Published by HarperTorch on September 01, 2003
ISBN-10 038082020X
ISBN-13 978-0380820207

Reviews


SF Reader | Lisa DuMond
Review Rating: 80
As always, Williams' science is complex and credible.
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The Zone | Duncan Lawie
Review Rating: 80
Williams builds believable, sympathetic characters and action and danger is interspersed with soap opera while he makes his preparations for the full-on space opera that is to come.
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SF Signal | JP Frantz
Review Rating: 60
An interesting and unique setting, quick read.
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