Ambassador of Progress
The planet was primitive and semi-feudal, loosely bound together by a federation of city states. Threatening the status quo were the Brodainu, creme de la creme of mercenaries, slowly establishing their power over the planet's archaic interior.
To this troubled planet, from her own beleaguered one, comes Fiona, one of many – ambassador, missionary, proselytiser, recruiter. But to the ruling city lords, preoccupied by the threat of a massive Brodainu uprising, the full significance of the ambassador's arrival is not apparent.
For the course of a whole human colony is about to lurch in an entirely unexpected direction...
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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.
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