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blufive[Amazon.co.uk]
A brutal galactic empire, millenia old, is left leaderless when the last of its immortal alien overlords commits suicide. The various client races look at each other nervously, wondering what's going to happen next...
Don't expect High Literature, or genre-redefining originality - this is unashamed, old-fashioned Space Opera, fairly well written, and does what it says on the tin. It's the first in a series entitled "Dread Empire's Fall" so you can probably make some educated guesses about the direction of the plot.
WJW has attempted to keep the physics moderately realistic, so while there's FTL (via stationary wormholes) and viable interplanetary drives, they've not beaten inertia - it's acceleration couches, G-forces and missiles all round.
I liked it enough that I'll be seeking out book two at some point in the near future.
A brutal galactic empire, millenia old, is left leaderless when the last of its immortal alien overlords commits suicide. The various client races look at each other nervously, wondering what's going to happen next...
Don't expect High Literature, or genre-redefining originality - this is unashamed, old-fashioned Space Opera, fairly well written, and does what it says on the tin. It's the first in a series entitled "Dread Empire's Fall" so you can probably make some educated guesses about the direction of the plot.
WJW has attempted to keep the physics moderately realistic, so while there's FTL (via stationary wormholes) and viable interplanetary drives, they've not beaten inertia - it's acceleration couches, G-forces and missiles all round.
I liked it enough that I'll be seeking out book two at some point in the near future.