Conventions of War - (Dread Empire's Fall) by Walter Jon Williams (Paperback)

About the Book

There are only two people who can defeat the Naxids and save the Empire - and neither is looking hopeful. Sula is on the ground trying to start a revolution with an army of three. Lord Gareth Martinez is with the Fleet raiding into enemy territory when he uncovers a murderous plot to see him and the Fleet destroyed.

Book Synopsis

"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

Now in trade paperback, the climactic final episode of the Dread Empire's Fall trilogy--what started with The Praxis and The Sundering comes to the brilliant conclusion in Walter Jon William's epic space adventure.

Working on opposite sides of the galaxy--one in deep space, the other undercover on an occupied planet--and haunted by personal ghosts, Captain Gareth Martinez and Lieutenant Lady Caroline Sula fight to save the Empire from the vicious, alien Naxid. In a desperate, audacious bid to stop the Naxid fleet, Martinez makes a move that could win the war...and lose his career. Meanwhile, Sula's guerilla tactics may not be enough to stop the Naxid, until she tries one deadly, final gambit.

And make sure to see what happens after, in the first new Praxis novel in ten years, The Accidental War, available Fall 2018!

From the Back Cover

Walter Jon Williams's epic space adventure, Dread Empire's Fall, comes to its brilliant conclusion in Conventions of War

Working on opposite sides of the galaxy--one in deep space, the other undercover on an occupied planet--and haunted by personal ghosts, Captain Gareth Martinez and Lieutenant Lady Caroline Sula fight to save the Empire from the vicious, alien Naxid. In a desperate bid to stop the Naxid fleet, Martinez makes a move that could win the war . . . and lose his career. Meanwhile, Sula's guerilla tactics may not be enough to stop the Naxid, so she's forced to try one final, deadly gambit.

Review Quotes

"Williams brings the whole long story to a conclusion that is sweet, sour, satisfying, and not without a taste of irony." - Locus