Walter Jon Williams: 77 books

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...

Now that they know their enemy’s identity, Cowboy and Sarah begin their counterattack against Tempel.  Their own weakness forces them into an alliance with Tempel’s former CEO, the psychotic sexual predator Roon.  It’s a situation ripe for violence, treachery, and betrayal, especially...

Cowboy, Sarah, and the rebel forces are bunkered in the Mojave desert, readying the strike that will either win the war or bring their own cause down in flames.  But neither realizes that their cause has already been betrayed . . . 

Cowboy readies his strike on Tempel, but he's being haunted by an electronic ghost named Reno.  And Tempel wants Sarah to betray him, and in return offers everything she's always wanted.  

Set in the blazing future of Voice of the Whirlwind, "Wolf Time" continues the story of the mercenary Reese, who finds herself in the employ of a shadowy corporation intent on killing its own rogue employees.  Not only is Reese assigned the impossible task of assaulting a fortified...

This Hugo Award-nominated novelette takes place in the distant future, when a highly-evolved humanity finds itself at war with the alien Shars.  The product of eight million years of evolution, Ambassador Drill is sent to make peace... but does he retain enough of his humanity to recognize that of his enemies?  

Nominated for Hugo and Nebula awards, “Surfacing” is the story of Anthony, an emotionally scarred researcher who finds it easier to talk to whales and to aliens than to members of his own species.  Until a stranger named Philana enters his life, with a terrifying problem of her own that dares him to break through the surface of his world.  

Part II of the classic novel. Sarah, blacklisted and hunted, hides from pursuers in the flooded city, while Cowboy confronts the privateers on their own turf.  Michael has a mission that can bring them together, but can they evade the unknown enemies who dog their every step?

NIETZSCHE AT THE O.K. CORRAL! The Clantons and the Earps are heading for a showdown, and into the town of Tombstone rides German Freddie, a gunslinger with a deadly reputation and a penchant for philosophical speculation.  Freddie’s committed to a life that is mad, dangerous, and free,...

Sean Makin was a washed-up child actor, until Dagmar Shaw made him a star.  Now he's starring in a big-budget action thriller that offers him the chance to become a box-office titan. Except the action and the thrills aren't just in the movie.  Dangerous and destabilizing new technology is...

In a frigate stolen from his own navy, Captain Favian Markham races to New Orleans with the dispatches he’s captured from a British warship— dispatches making it clear that the city will soon be the target of a British fleet and an invading army. But Favian finds New Orleans a city of intrigue,...

Episode One of the classic novel! Earth lies prostrate beneath the lash of the Orbital powers, and Earth’s Balkanized nations have no choice but to let the Orbitals plunder their remaining wealth. Below the zone of Orbital control, buttonheads, panzerjocks, dirtgirls, and hustlers scramble...

Während sich Jacen und Jaina Solo den Yuuzhan Vong zum ersten Mal seit langer Zeit Widerstand entgegensetzen, toben in der Neuen Republik die Intrigen. Da enthüllen die Widersacher der Jedi-Ritter den Geheimplan für eine Waffe, die alle ins Verderben reißen könnte ...