Review
"* 'A great talent' INTERZONE * 'A tough, sleek juggernaut of a story... glittering, nasty and noble. I wish I'd written this one.' ROGER ZELAZNY * 'One of the best SF novels I have read in years' FANTASY REVIEW * 'Williams is a skillfully literate addition to the stylish new generation of science fiction writers' CHICAGO TRIBUNE * 'Ingenious and energetic and knowing' THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SF * 'Williams has a lot of talent...a strong writer' LOCUS
Product Description
An infinite, sweeping saga of interstellar war - the first SF classic for the 21st century. The empire of the Shaa lasted 10,000 years. Years of terror, infinite violence and oppressive, brutal order. Now the Shaa are no more, but the terror and violence are only beginning...The Shaa, rulers of the universe, began to commit ritual suicide when it became clear that their minds - profoundly intelligent but limited - would accept no further information. Near immortality was their one, great mistake. And so began the war between the Naxids, oldest client race of the Shaa, who believed themselves inheritors of the empire, and a frail alliance of other races, including humanity. Gareth Martinez and Caroline Sula are two of the characters through whom we see this mighty, calamitous war and its aftermath. And so, the story of a dread empire's fall begins...
