WALTER JON WILLIAMS

The time of reckoning is close at hand, as the heroes of the New Republic prepare for their most volatile clash yet with the enemy—from without and within…. In the war against the ruthless Yuuzhan Vong, the fall of Coruscant leaves the galaxy on the verge of bowing to conquest. Those who steadfastly refuse to surrender—Luke, Han, Leia, and th...

The alien Naxids have won a shattering victory at Magaria, a victory that clears the way for an advance on the loyalist capital, Zanshaa. Lord Gareth Martinez comes to help save Zanshaa, but finds himself entangled in intrigue, first by political enemies and then by his own brother.

The Shaa empire lasted 10,000 years - years of terror, violence and oppressive, brutal order. They began to commit ritual suicide when it became clear that their minds - profoundly intelligent but limited - would accept no further information. So began the war between the Naxids and humanity.

Book by Williams Walter Jon