Jon Walter: 83 books

Well-mannered Samuel and his mischievous younger brother Joshua are free black boys living in an orphanage during the end of the Civil War. Samuel takes the blame for Joshua's latest prank, and the consequence is worse than he could ever imagine. He's taken from the orphanage to the South, given a...

A simple, resonant, and utterly heart-shattering debut about greed, love, trust and what matters most when your world falls apart. A war-torn country . . . only one way out. Ten-year-old Malik's world is falling apart. Soldiers have invaded town, and his mother is missing, leaving Malik with his grandfather,...

When word came to "Old" Walnut Ridge that the railroad was coming, Col. Willis Miles Ponder moved the entire settlement a few miles, cleared a site for a depot, and platted the new town in 1874. Not long after, Hoxie was formed when Henry and Mary Boas offered a right-of-way for another railroad through...

Fantascienza - romanzo (122 pagine) - Uno splendido romanzo ucronico ambientato durante la Guerra di Secessione americana Jase Miller  è un mercenario della Guerra Civile Americana al soldo degli Stati Confederati. Assieme alla sua ciurma improvvisata, apparentemente alle dipendenze dei capi...

RACCONTO LUNGO (54 pagine) - FANTASCIENZA - Alison è una ragazza brillante e geniale. Ha solo un problema: è virtuale, e nel mondo futuro ipotizzato da Walter Jon Williams non tutti i giovani virtuali riescono a sopravvivere fino alla maggiore età.... In tutte le società, in tutte le epoche,...

RACCONTO LUNGO (55 pagine) - FANTASCIENZA - Una storia spassosa e divertente ricca di personaggi folli e incredibili, ambientata nel futuro delle multinazionali e delle nanotecnologie Chi è davvero Ernesto, il capo del gruppo di suonatori Aymara che gira per le strade di Praga suonando medley...

ROMANZO BREVE (78 pagine) - FANTASCIENZA - Aveva dedicato tutta la vita allo studio degli abissi e dei suoi immensi e misteriosi abitanti. Romanzo finalista ai premi Hugo e Nebula "Emersione" è la storia di Anthony, biologo marino che ha dedicato la sua vita allo studio delle balene...

ROMANZO (132 pagine) - FANTASCIENZA - Il primo capolavoro di Walter Jon Williams, un romanzo affascinante che racconta le avventure decadenti di un gruppo di immortali, ispirato alle opere del grande RogerZelazny. Lamoral è un ricchissimo principe teutonico della famiglia Thurn und Taxis,...

“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 Following The Praxis, Walter Jon Williams’ critically-acclaimed mix of space opera and military science fiction,...

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Walter Jon Williams comes an adventurous epic fantasy about a man who is forced to leave his comfortable life and find his fortune among goddesses, pirates, war, and dragons. Rogue. Joker. Lover. Reluctant soldier. Quillifer is...

“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 Empire’s Fall trilogy--what started with The Praxis and The...

Forever is a new monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Each issue will feature a novella, a brief interview with the novella's author, two short stories, and cover art by Ron Guyatt. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor...

Captain Favian Markham, USN, is a man surrounded by secrets. Secrets that will be revealed when he is court-martialed for losing his ship. Secrets held by his mistress Caroline. The secrets of enemy spies signaling to British ships over the horizon. And the greatest secret of the War of 1812, a secret...

BONUS: This original novella includes an exclusive excerpt from Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant and an interview with the author. RIPE FOR THE PLUCKING That’s Jedi Knight Kyp Durron’s opinion about the planet Ylesia, home base of the so-called Peace Brigade,...