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Walter Jon Williams


Biography

Walter Jon Williams is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Hardwired, Voice of the Whirlwind, Deep State, and This Is Not a Game.

Where to find Walter Jon Williams online

Website: http://www.walterjonwilliams.net
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Blog: http://www.walterjonwilliams.net

Where to buy in print

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Books

To Glory Arise    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 164030 words. Published on March 20, 2013. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
This is Walter Jon Williams’ first published work, one of the historical novels with which he began his career. The American Revolution is throwing up a new breed of hero, Yankee privateers who dare the might of the Royal Navy to slash at British commerce. Foremost among them are the three Markham brothers, Jehu, Josiah, and Malachi, who link their destiny to that of their young nation.
Daddy's World    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $1.99 USD. 10490 words. Published on January 16, 2013. Fiction.
0.25 star(4.14 from 7 reviews)
A classic work from Walter Jon Williams, “Daddy’s World” earned the Nebula Award for Novelette in 2001. Little Jamie lives with his family in an eerily perfect environment. But cracks begin to appear in Jamie’s world that reveal rifts within his family, and he begins to see the terrifying reality behind the walls of his life, and know that perfection has its price . . .
Cat Island (Privateers & Gentlemen)    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 126860 words. Published on October 22, 2012. Fiction.
The British are preparing to attack New Orleans. Sworn to defend Louisiana, Captain Favian Markham finds New Orleans a city of intrigue, where Creoles conspire against the Americans, streetfighters cloak their murders under the Code Duello, the pirate Jean Laffite defies the Navy, and where two sensuous Creole women, Eugenie and Campaspe, vie for his favor.
The Tern Schooner (Privateers & Gentlemen)    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 122950 words. Published on October 9, 2012. Fiction.
Heir to a privateering tradition, Gideon Markham brings his schooner into the Gulf of Mexico to wage unremitting war on the British who threaten America’s freedom. Gideon must face Jean Laffite’s pirates, a mutiny, an attack by Red Stick Creeks, and a British invasion . . . none of which are as alarming as Maria-Anna de Suarez, an attractive widow with her own way of fighting the war.
Ambassador of Progress    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 123170 words. Published on September 16, 2012. Fiction.
An interstellar catastrophe has left humanity scattered on dozens of primitive worlds. Fiona is charged with helping the inhabitants of Echidne rise from barbarism. But soon she finds herself in the middle of a war... the Brodaini, the world’s most ferocious warriors, have risen in revolt against their overlords. Fiona is a neutral. But Echidne is proving a perilous place for neutrals...
ARISTOÏ (en Français)    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 138620 words. Published on August 6, 2012. Fiction.
Gabriel fait partie des Aristoï, l’élite dominante d’une culture interstellaire sophistiquée, dont le règne est plus absolu encore que celui des despotes de la Vieille Terre. Lorsqu’un des Aristoï est assassiné, Gabriel découvre que les fondations mêmes de sa civilisation sont ébranlées et que sa propre puissance repose peut-être sur le plus grand mensonge de l’histoire.
The Macedonian (Privateers & Gentlemen)    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 100750 words. Published on July 31, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Captain Favian Markham, USN, is a man surrounded by secrets. Secrets that will be revealed when he is court-martialed for losing his ship. Secrets held by his mistress Caroline. And the greatest secret of the War of 1812, a secret which will be revealed once Favian breaks the enemy blockade in The Macedonian, a frigate stolen from his own government . . .
Brig of War    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 146800 words. Published on July 27, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Favian Markham is a rising young American officer in during the War of 1812. As commander of the small, slow brig Experiment, he must break the British blockade and take his outgunned vessel on a daring raid. On his desperate journey he faces duels, rivalries, ambitious politicians, yardarm-to-yardarm combat, and the deadly beauty of a foreign courtesan.
City on Fire (Metropolitan 2)    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 185700 words. Published on May 1, 2012. Fiction.
Nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula Award, City on Fire returns to the world-city of Metropolitan, dominated by plasm, the magical substance capable of both creation and destruction. With her help, Aiah’s lover Constantine has established himself in the metropolis of Caraqui---Aiah must fight not only for her revolution and for her place in the world, but for Constantine’s very soul.
Investments (Dread Empire's Fall)    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $3.99 USD. 35300 words. Published on April 21, 2012. Fiction.
0.25 star(4.33 from 3 reviews)
This short novel takes place in the universe of Walter Jon Williams’ Dread Empire’s Fall series. Three years after the Naxid war, Lord Gareth Martinez has accepted a meaningless post as Inspector General of Chee, a newly-settled world. Intending nothing more than a pleasant vacation with his family, he must battle a literal cosmic menace that threatens to wipe out all life on the planet.
Metropolitan    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 114300 words. Published on April 16, 2012. Fiction.
NEBULA AWARD NOMINEE. Walter Jon Williams’ classic science fantasy Metropolitan is once again available for a new generation. Aiah has fought her way from poverty and discovered a limitless source of plasm, the mysterious substance that powers the world-city. Her discovery soon involves her with Constantine, the charismatic, seductive revolutionary who plans to overturn the world order.
Aristoi    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 130140 words. Published on April 1, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Gabriel is one of the Aristoi, the elite class that hold dominion over a glittering interstellar culture, their rule more absolute than that of any Old Earth tyrant. When another of the Aristoi is murdered, Gabriel finds that the foundations of his civilization are tottering, and that his own power may have its roots in the greatest lie in all history.
Solip:System    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 15440 words. Published on January 6, 2012. Fiction.
They call it Black Mind. Using this covert technology, Reno has written his own consciousness over that of Albrecht Roon, one of Earth’s greatest enemies. He’s living in a labyrinth of paranoia, surrounded by bodyguards and treacherous rivals. And then he discovers that Black Mind is not a complete success--- Roon still lives inside him, and Roon is mad.
Knight Moves    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 90460 words. Published on December 21, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
A Philip K Dick Award-nominated novel. Eight hundred years ago Doran Falkner gave humanity the stars, and he now lives with his regrets on a depopulated Earth among tumbledown ruins and ancient dreams brought to life by modern technology. Word now comes that alien life has been discovered, life so strange and impossible that the revelation of its secrets could change everything . . .
Angel Station    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 140160 words. Published on December 11, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
They’re outlaws now. Created to serve a function now obsolete, Ubu and Maria have lived their entire lives skating along the edge of extinction. Now they and their ship Runaway are in flight from the law. What they find in the depths of space is a secret so startling that Ubu and Maria will need every last reserve of guile, cunning, and intelligence just to survive . . .
Voice of the Whirlwind    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 99210 words. Published on October 17, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Steward is a Beta— a clone. In his memories, he’s an elite commando for an orbital policorp— but because his Alpha never did a brain-scan update, Steward’s memories are fifteen years out of date . . . and in those fifteen years, everything has changed. Not only that, but the Alpha has been murdered.
Prayers on the Wind    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 16210 words. Published on October 3, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
All humanity is at peace under the Treasured King, the physical incarnation of the library that contains all wisdom. But now the peace is threatened by the alien Sang, and humanity’s response is fatally divided— and worse, the Treasured King seems to be going mad. This novelette was nominated for a Nebula Award on its first appearance.
Hardwired    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 122150 words. Published on September 18, 2011. Fiction.
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. But now, if the criminal underworld and the guerilla underground can join forces, there is a chance to shift the balance of power. . .
Days of Atonement    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 148970 words. Published on August 2, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Loren Hawn is a traditional Western peace officer walking the streets of 21st Century New Mexico, and seemingly unaware that times have changed. And when a dying man named Randal falls out of a bullet-riddled car and dies in Loren’s arm, Loren finds he isn’t the only man living in the wrong time--- because he remembers pulling Randal’s dead body out of a wrecked car twenty years before.
Rock of Ages (Maijstral 3)    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 74330 words. Published on June 26, 2011. Fiction.
Renowned burglar Drake deserves a vacation on Earth. But valuable items keep disappearing, and it’s clear that Maijstral is being preyed upon by another expert burglar. Maijstral would very much like to solve this mystery, but unfortunately people keep challenging him to duels and he’s become enmeshed in conspiracies laid by two very attractive, very dangerous ladies.
House of Shards (Maijstral 2)    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 81460 words. Published on June 23, 2011. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
Silverside Station caters to the rich, the famous, and the celebrated— but is it big enough for top thieves Drake Maijstral and Geoff Fu George, both of whom have set their sights on the Eltdown Shard, a fabulous jewel that captures the light of a dying sun, a jewel that dangles around the comely throat of the Duchess Roberta, a beautiful and dashing heiress who clearly has plans of her own.
The Crown Jewels (Maijstral I)    by Walter Jon Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 65820 words. Published on June 17, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Peleng is a planet ripe for the plucking, and Drake Maijstral is an Allowed Burglar rated in the Top Ten. A simple case of robbery turns into an intergalactic crisis when Maijstral steals something so rare, so valuable, so utterly desirable, everyone wants it— well-armed Imperial spies, gun-toting militias, and homicidal maniac with a very large sword.

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