Walter Jon Williams

This is Not a Game is a 2009 thriller written by American science fiction author Walter Jon Williams. It is the first book in his "Dagmar Shaw" series; the second novel is Deep State, and the third is The Fourth Wall. Each novel has subplots involving the superiority of crowdsourcing to conventional corporate action, …

The Rift is a novel by author Walter Jon Williams. Published in 1999, it is a 726 page epic concerning the effects of a massive earthquake in Missouri, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Largely using the 1811-12 New Madrid earthquake as a base, he depicts the breakdown of infrastructure that would result if an earthquake of …

The Sundering is a science fiction novel by Walter Jon Williams. Published in 2004, it is the second novel in Dread Empire's Fall series. The novel is of the space opera subgenre and revolves around interstellar battles and the relationship between two humans, a male naval officer and a female pilot. The first novel …

The Praxis is a science fiction novel by Walter Jon Williams. Published in 2002, it is the first novel in Dread Empire's Fall series. The novel is of the space opera subgenre.