The Accidental War, Walter Jon Williams
The Accidental War, Walter Jon Williams
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The Accidental War
A Novel

Author: Walter Jon Williams

Narrator: David Drummond

Unabridged: 12 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 09/04/2018

Synopsis

Blending fast-paced military science fiction and space opera, the first volume in a dynamic trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Praxis, set in the universe of his popular and critically acclaimed Dread Empire’s Fall series—a tale of blood, courage, adventure and battle in which the fate of an empire rests in the hands of a cadre of desperate exiles.It’s been seven years since the end of the Naxid War. Sidelined for their unorthodox tactics by a rigid, tradition-bound military establishment, Captain Gareth Martinez and Captain the Lady Sula are stewing in exile, frustrated and impatient to exercise the effective and lethal skills they were born to use in fighting the enemy.Yet after the ramshackle empire left by the Shaa conquerors is shaken by a series of hammer blows that threaten the foundations of the commonwealth, the result is a war that no one planned, no one expected, and no one knows how to end.Now, Martinez, Sula, and their confederate Nikki Severin must escape the clutches of their enemies, rally the disorganized elements of the fleet, and somehow restore the fragile peace—or face annihilation at the hands of a vastly superior force.

About Walter Jon Williams

 Walter Jon Williams is a New York Times bestselling author who has been nominated repeatedly for every major sci-fi award, including Hugo and Nebula Awards nominations for his novel City on Fire. He is the author of Hardwired, Aristoi, Implied Spaces, and Quillifer. Williams lives near Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his wife, Kathleen Hedges.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary on September 04, 2018

3.5 Stars The Accidental War kicks off a new trilogy in Walter John Williams’ Praxis universe. This time, it’s not a power vacuum that threatens the empire – now the Praxis is the victim of its own success. A financial crisis leads to a fracturing of the Empire’s coalition on racial lines, with sever......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on February 29, 2020

There is definitely a comfort zone going on here as we return to our favorite heroes that always seem to bounce off each other in interesting ways. The worldbuilding is as familiar and as frustrating as usual, but here we come back to a large spacefaring society having rebuilt after the bloody war o......more

Goodreads review by Craig on August 05, 2018

I won an advance reading copy of this latest book in the Praxis series in a Goodreads giveaway. I enjoyed it very much, and think that readers new to the series will be able to pick up what's going on and enjoy it as well as those familiar with the previous volumes. It's a military science fiction b......more

Goodreads review by David on August 20, 2018

This was a very enjoyable blend of space opera and military science fiction. Williams has a light touch with his prose, and he builds a rich universe that is both exotic and identifiable at the same time--which is no small feat. I was particularly impressed with the economic underpinnings of war in......more

Goodreads review by Becky on September 01, 2018

In this first Novel of the Praxis, Walter Jon Williams beautifully builds the society, characters, family structure without sinking too far into significant “info dumps” that often lose a reader. This story falls comfortably into the genre of science fiction epic, stylistically reminiscent of Star W......more

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