Setting and synopsis
The ''Dread Empire's Fall'' series is set in a future in which the powerful Shaa species thousands of years ago conquered several other intelligent species, including humanity; imposing on them their inflexible set of laws known as "the Praxis". When the last living Shaa dies, the species they conquered first, the Naxids, attempts to appoint itself rulers of the former Shaa empire. A civil war erupts when the other species resist them, including the protagonists, Terran (human) naval officers Caroline Sula and Gareth Martinez. Since the Shaa empire stopped expanding long ago and its military was largely occupied by training and suppressing the occasional mutiny or revolt, its strategic and tactical doctrines have become matters of rigid, unchanging tradition. To stop the Naxids, the other species must practice innovation and creativity, something the Shaa attempted to stamp out long ago.Reception
At ''Books
The first three novels form a trilogy, while the later books are stand-alone works set after the events of the trilogy. *The ''Dread Empire's Fall'' trilogy: :*''The Praxis'' (2002), :*''The Sundering'' (2003), :*''Conventions of War'' (2005), *Standalone novellas: :*"Investments" (2005) :*''Impersonations'' (2016), *Second trilogy: :*''The Accidental War'' (2018), :*''Fleet Elements'' (2020), :*''Imperium Restored'' (2022),References
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