Hi everyone, can anyone recommend any good heist or thief type books. House of shards by walter jon williams baen ebooks. Blending fastpaced 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 empires fall seriesa tale of blood, courage, adventure and battle in which the fate of an empire rests in the hands of a cadre of desperate exiles. He is the author of twentyseven novels and three collections of short fiction, frankenstein and other foreign devils, facets, and the green leopard plague and other stories. House of shards maijstral series kindle edition by williams, walter jon.
The rift would be a very good beach book, if you could put it down long enough to get into the water. Voice of the whirlwind 1992 read online free book by walter. Born october 15, 1953 in dublin, minnesota, this writer also goes by the pen name of jon williams. I would not have even glanced at the rift if it werent backed by walter jon williams reputation for excellence.
San diego union tribune i dont like disaster novels. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Ill be uploading new books and stories all the time, so if you cant find something you want, check back in a few weeks or months. Walter jon williams is an american published author and actor and has also written for television all great neptunes ocean, andromeda. Little jamie lives with his family in an eerily perfect environment, entertained by characters from literature, sung to sleep at night by the woman in the moon.
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Walter jon williams is a new york times bestselling author who has been nominated repeatedly for every major scifi award, including hugo and nebula awards nominations for his novel city on fire. House of shards maijstral 2 by walter jon williams. While steward is a fairly typical cyberpunk protagonist in most respects, most of the story takes place on space stations. Walter jon williams has 2 books on goodreads with 202057 ratings. Williams is the author of twentyseven novels and three collections of short fiction, many of them classics in the field. Ten points for style omnibus of the crown jewels, house of shards, and rock of ages doubleday books, september 1995.
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