At Empire's Edge - signed first edition of science fiction - 2009
Author William C. Dietz
William C. Dietz (born 1945) is the New York Times bestselling author of more than forty novels. Dietz also wrote the script for the Legion of the Damned game (iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad) based on his book of the same name--and co-wrote Sony's Resistance: Burning Skies game for the PS Vita along with Mike Bates.
Dietz grew up in the Seattle area, spent time with the Navy and Marine Corps as a Corpsman, graduated from the University of Washington, lived in Africa for half a year, and has traveled to six continents.
Dietz has been employed as a surgical technician, college instructor, news writer, television producer and Director of Public Relations and Marketing for an international telephone company. Dietz has written a number of notable tie-in novels including Halo: The Flood based on the popular Halo series of video games, as well as three Star Wars books featuring the adventures of Kyle Katarn, and two books in the popular Resistance universe.
Dietz indicates that he discovered science fiction while in grade school and continued to read SF from that point on. He knew he wanted to be a writer at age twenty or so, but never got around to it until he was thirty-nine, which was one year shy of a self-imposed deadline of forty.
Dietz wrote War World (now Galactic Bounty) in 1984. It was accepted for publication upon Dietz's initial submission. From that point on he continued to produce at least a book a year eventually becoming a full time novelist in 2002.
Dietz and his wife Marjorie live near the city of Gig Harbor in Washington State.
Books
As Dietz wrote Galactic Bounty it was his intention to create a sprawling universe that could be used as a setting for numerous books. Galactic Bounty, Imperial Bounty, Alien Bounty, McCade's Bounty, Drifter, Drifter's Run, Drifter's War, Freehold, and Prison Planet were all set in what Dietz refers to as the "McCade universe." And some of the books share characters or refer to each other in some way. Most of the themes that Dietz likes to write about including futuristic soldiers, alien politics, cyborgs, and shape shifters are all established in these early novels.
At Empire's Edge
In a far-distant future, the Uman Empire has spread to the stars and beyond, conquering and colonizing worlds, ruling with a benevolent-but iron-fist. The Pax Umana reigns, and all is well. But on one planet, the remnants of a violent, shape-shifting race called the Sagathis are confined, kept captive by xeno-cops, who have been bio-engineered to be able to see through their guises. Still, sometimes one manages to escape.
Zak Cato is a xeno-cop. He's returning a fugitive Sagathi when things go horribly wrong. Cato- the only survivor after the rest of his men are slaughtered-must now figure out who betrayed them and bring the alien in, whatever the cost.
Notable Works
McCade Universe
Crisis of Empire
Cluster Command (with David Drake)
Drifter Series
Drifter
Drifter’s Run
Drifter’s War
HALO
Halo: The Flood, Del Rey Books/Bungie
Hitman
Hitman: Enemy Within, Del Rey
Jack Rebo
Runner
Runner: Logos Run (HC)
Legion Series
Legion Of The Damned
The Final Battle
By Blood Alone
By Force of Arms
For More Than Glory
For Those Who Fell
When All Seems Lost
When Duty Calls
A Fighting Chance
Mass Effect
Mass Effect: Deception
Resistance
Resistance: A Hole In The Sky, Sony/Del Rey
Resistance: The Gathering Storm, Sony/Del Rey
Rex Corvan
Matrix Man
Mars Prime
Sam McCade
Galactic Bounty (War World)
Imperial Bounty
Alien Bounty
McCade’s Bounty
McCade For Hire (omnibus of Galactic Bounty and Imperial Bounty)
McCade On The Run (omnibus of Alien Bounty and McCade’s Bounty)
Starcraft Universe
StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils, Simon & Schuster
The Sauron Duology
DeathDay
EarthRise
Jak Cato
At Empire's Edge
Bones of Empire
Novels
Freehold
Prison Planet
Where The Ships Die
Bodyguard
Steelheart
Ejecta (ebook)
Star Wars Novels
Star Wars: Dark Forces
Soldier For The Empire, Dark Forces, Lucas Films (HC)
Rebel Agent, Dark Forces, Lucas Films (HC)
Jedi Knight, Dark Forces, Lucas Films (HC)
Games Written
Legion of the Damned (iphone game)
Resistance: Burning Skies (with Mike Bates)
Additional information and source: William C. Dietz
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