“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. He absolutely excels at delivering both, and the result is a rip-roaring good-time reading experience.”
“Williams focuses on the basics of all good fiction the characters and the story arc. “This book is unabashed Space Opera, and I found it extremely fun reading.” The New England Science Fiction Association “This is a very good space opera, with an intelligently complex multi-species empire, and an interestingly diverse set of characters trying to preserve that empire from destruction There’s both great action and good character development here Highly recommended.” “This is a blend of military SF and political thriller and it harkens back to the old days of grand space opera, delivering the best of both worlds–an old fashioned story with strong literary qualities.”
A writer who can make a formal reception, a dinner party, or a staff meeting as gripping as a fleet action is a rarity and a treasure, and that is what we have in Williams.” “What sets THE PRAXIS apart from its more conventional kin in the New Space Opera or military SF clans, though, is the adroitness with which it integrates battles and disasters and species-wide politicking with the intimate, the personal, and the social. Dread Empire’s Fall Series The Praxis (#1)
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