The Praxis
Dread Empire's Fall
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4.0 • 199 Ratings
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Publisher Description
“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
The first book in the completed Dread Empire's Fall trilogy, followed by The Sundering and Conventions of War.
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.
Customer Reviews
Memorable for me
I usually can’t remember much of the books I’ve read. This series was memorable for me. Not sure why. Various parts of these books often pop into my head and I can always put them in context. Recommended.
Meh
This is a space military novel with a military lacking any military discipline. There is nothing compelling about the plot line and I see no reason to read book 2. While there are attempts to build a world of arrogant imperialism built around prestige and completely disregarding competence, it all feels unreasonable. There is no hook to keep me interested. The lead in to book 2 foreshadows space conflict describing orbits and intercepts etc all of which just ignore the tactical use of dumb projectiles released at fractional light speed velocities. For instance: they are expecting an attack to come at a predictable time at a choke point and no mention of the obvious ability to destroy any invading ships if you know exactly where they will be.
The writing is fine and if there is some deeper plot line arc, the series could be a decent read and time consumer, however I have no interest in finding out.
Wonderful space Opera with Militry Sci-fi!
Highly enjoyable. Thrilling and a page turner. GRRM likes it and page by page I could read why.