Space opera the way it ought to be
Bujold and Weber, bend the knee; interstellar adventure has a new king, and his name is Walter Jon Williams. George R. R. Martin
At last, the climactic final episode of the Dread Empires Fall trilogywhat started with The Praxis and The Sundering comes to a brilliant conclusion in Walter Jon Williamss epic space adventure.
Working on opposite sides of the galaxyone in deep space, the other undercover on an occupied planetand haunted by personal ghosts, Captain Gareth Martinez and Lieutenant Lady Caroline Sula fight to save the Empire from the vicious, alien Naxid. In a desperate, audacious bid to stop the Naxid fleet, Martinez makes a move that could win the war
and lose his career. Meanwhile, Sulas guerilla tactics may not be enough to stop the Naxiduntil she tries one deadly, final gambit.
