Voice of the Whirlwind
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update, Steward’s memories are fifteen years out of date...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.
An interstellar war
destroyed the company that held his allegiance. His wife has divorced
him, along with the second wife that he can’t even remember. Most of his comrades died in a useless battle on a world called Sheol, and those
who survived are irrevocably scarred. An alien race has arrived and
become the center of a complex and deadly intrigue.
And someone has murdered him.
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Walter Jon Williams
Walter Jon Williams has published twenty novels and short fiction collections. Most are science fiction or fantasy -Hardwired, Voice of the Whirlwind, Aristoi, Metropolitan, City on Fire to name just a few - a few are historical adventures, and the most recent, The Rift, is a disaster novel in which "I just basically pound a part of the planet down to bedrock." And that's just the opening chapters. Walter holds a fourth-degree black belt in Kenpo Karate, and also enjoys sailing and scuba diving. He lives in New Mexico with his wife, Kathy Hedges.
Hardwired
Hardwired consists of two primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
