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Pick a shelf.</p><div class="mt-10 flex flex-wrap gap-2"><button type="button" class="rounded-full border border-primary bg-primary px-4 py-2 font-mono text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-primary-foreground">All</button><button type="button" class="rounded-full border border-border px-4 py-2 font-mono text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:border-primary hover:text-primary">Science Fiction</button><button type="button" class="rounded-full border border-border px-4 py-2 font-mono text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:border-primary hover:text-primary">Fantasy</button><button type="button" class="rounded-full border border-border px-4 py-2 font-mono text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:border-primary hover:text-primary">Thriller</button><button type="button" class="rounded-full border border-border px-4 py-2 font-mono text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:border-primary hover:text-primary">Historical</button></div><div class="mt-12 grid grid-cols-2 gap-6 md:grid-cols-3 lg:grid-cols-4"><a aria-label="Hardwired" href="/books/hardwired" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/hardwired.jpg" alt="Cover of Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->1986</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground
1/90">The novel that put a hovertank on the cyberpunk highway.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Hardwired</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 1986</p></a><a aria-label="Voice of the Whirlwind" href="/books/voice-of-the-whirlwind" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/voice-of-the-whirlwind.jpg" alt="Cover of Voice of the Whirlwind by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->1987</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">A clone wakes with fifteen missing years and one murder to solve.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Voice of the Whirlwind</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 1987</p></a><a aria-label="Angel Station" href="/books/angel-station" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/angel-station.jpg" alt="Cover of Angel Station by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->1989</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">Two orphans, one inherited starship, and first contact as a business proposition.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Angel Station</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 1989</p></a><a aria-label="Knight Moves" href="/books/knight-moves" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/knight-moves.jpg" alt="Cover of Knight Moves by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->1985</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">Immortality solved. Everything after it, unsolved.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Knight Moves</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 1985</p></a><a aria-label="Aristoi" href="/books/aristoi" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/aristoi.jpg" alt="Cover of Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->1992</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground
1/90">Absolute power, exquisite manners, and a secret at the edge of the galaxy.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Aristoi</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 1992</p></a><a aria-label="Implied Spaces" href="/books/implied-spaces" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/implied-spaces.jpg" alt="Cover of Implied Spaces by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->2008</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">A swordsman walks out of a pocket universe with a talking cat and a problem.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Implied Spaces</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 2008</p></a><a aria-label="The Crown Jewels" href="/books/the-crown-jewels" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/The%20Crown%20Jewels-kSULaGy0JaxlmpTOCnDiOEp9cAdz2v.jpg" alt="Cover of The Crown Jewels by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Drake Maijstral<!-- --> · <!-- -->1987</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">In a decadent empire, burglary is a licensed profession — and he is ranked.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">The Crown Jewels</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Drake Maijstral · 1987</p></a><a aria-label="Rock of Ages" href="/books/rock-of-ages" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/Rock%20of%20Ages%20Cover%20Art-L0gZ3Jw3xnaj8ZDBqOTWswhzxwHmBX.jpg" alt="Cover of Rock of Ages by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Drake Maijstral<!-- --> · <!-- -->1995</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">A family reunion, a masked ball, and the worst possible time to retire.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Rock of Ages</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Drake Maijstral · 1995</p></a><a aria-label="Ambassador of Progress" href="/books/ambassador-of-progress" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/Ambassador_of_Progress_cover%20art-65gCND2sV2OaOmpE9Jba7KYs35DvYV.jpg" alt="Cover of Ambassador of Progress by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->1984</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground
1/90">A future history of progress, power, and the people caught beneath it.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Ambassador of Progress</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 1984</p></a><a aria-label="House of Shards" href="/books/house-of-shards" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/House%20of%20Shards%20Cover%20Art-GDeUuWvE2xVjz8qONnomvL7LAZiDTh.jpg" alt="Cover of House of Shards by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Drake Maijstral<!-- --> · <!-- -->1988</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">The second Drake Maijstral adventure.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">House of Shards</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Drake Maijstral · 1988</p></a><a aria-label="Elegy for Angels and Dogs" href="/books/elegy-for-angels-and-dogs" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://www.walterjonwilliams.net/okladki/elegy.jpg" alt="Cover of Elegy for Angels and Dogs by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->1990</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">A collaboration with Roger Zelazny.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Elegy for Angels and Dogs</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 1990</p></a><a aria-label="Solip:System" href="/books/solip-system" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/Solip%20System-QWbQMWrdZTpzow13NrNRcGHB4MAonE.jpg" alt="Cover of Solip:System by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->1989</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">The long-awaited sequel to Hardwired.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Solip:System</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 1989</p></a><a aria-label="Diamonds from Tequila" href="/books/diamonds-from-tequila" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/Diamonds%20From%20Tequila-9sxuyUoOleTHP1lHhhDanz8Yq91T6k.jpg" alt="Cover of Diamonds from Tequila by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Dagmar Shaw<!-- --> · <!-- -->1989</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground
1/90">A dangerous game of identity and survival.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Diamonds from Tequila</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Dagmar Shaw · 1989</p></a><a aria-label="Days of Atonement" href="/books/days-of-atonement" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/Days%20of%20Atonement-UsMYy1VwvZqUwQCb070Y6TszDF1qsT.jpeg" alt="Cover of Days of Atonement by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->1991</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">A homecoming complicated by history and technology.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Days of Atonement</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 1991</p></a><a aria-label="The Rift" href="/books/the-rift" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/The%20Rift-FNalJ4RdtDSCdcTXZw3pXSS9vzoHTZ.jpg" alt="Cover of The Rift by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->1999</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">A disaster novel about a world coming apart.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">The Rift</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 1999</p></a><a aria-label="Destiny’s Way" href="/books/destinys-way" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://www.walterjonwilliams.net/okladki/destinys_way.jpg" alt="Cover of Destiny’s Way by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->2002</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">A New Jedi Order novel.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Destiny’s Way</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 2002</p></a><a aria-label="The Sundering" href="/books/the-sundering" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/The%20Sundering%20Cover%20Art-u3Iizi4hNK5asDDmgYqV748Krmn5Ac.webp" alt="Cover of The Sundering by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Dread Empire’s Fall<!-- --> · <!-- -->2003</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground
1/90">The war begins in earnest.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">The Sundering</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Dread Empire’s Fall · 2003</p></a><a aria-label="Conventions of War" href="/books/conventions-of-war" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/Conventions%20of%20War-O2fImytNO6WNrg7O0VPQ5De9FcGaOU.webp" alt="Cover of Conventions of War by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Dread Empire’s Fall<!-- --> · <!-- -->2005</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">An empire fights for its survival.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Conventions of War</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Dread Empire’s Fall · 2005</p></a><a aria-label="Deep State" href="/books/deep-state" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/Deep%20State-Kw5onR9kWdahCppamW8EMo4XkoXvT7.jpg" alt="Cover of Deep State by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Dagmar Shaw<!-- --> · <!-- -->2011</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">The game goes deeper than anyone expected.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Deep State</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Dagmar Shaw · 2011</p></a><a aria-label="The Fourth Wall" href="/books/the-fourth-wall" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/The%20Fourth%20Wall-GDIvsDKetv9kVikRelGqLsUOpWdJg7.jpg" alt="Cover of The Fourth Wall by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Dagmar Shaw<!-- --> · <!-- -->2012</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">The audience is part of the story.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">The Fourth Wall</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Dagmar Shaw · 2012</p></a><a aria-label="Impersonations" href="/books/impersonations" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/Impersonations%20Cover%20Art-NFTPOBPrH3th4lWBi3mDP6IVVWbd5D.webp" alt="Cover of Impersonations by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Dread Empire’s Fall<!-- --> · <!-- -->2016</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground
1/90">A novel of the Praxis.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Impersonations</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Dread Empire’s Fall · 2016</p></a><a aria-label="The Accidental War" href="/books/the-accidental-war" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/Accidental%20War%20Cover%20Art-FvCnqw0fYbYbebISo1FRXFb4YFs0S2.webp" alt="Cover of The Accidental War by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Dread Empire’s Fall<!-- --> · <!-- -->2018</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">The Praxis returns to war.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">The Accidental War</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Dread Empire’s Fall · 2018</p></a><a aria-label="The Tern Schooner" href="/books/the-tern-schooner" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/The%20Tern%20Schooner-aRw79xJMdkg8QVyRNgvgMWJ6XNKu4U.jpg" alt="Cover of The Tern Schooner by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Privateers &amp; Gentlemen<!-- --> · <!-- -->1981</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">The second privateering adventure.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">The Tern Schooner</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Privateers &amp; Gentlemen · 1981</p></a><a aria-label="Brig of War" href="/books/brig-of-war" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/81Hohp0Y6uL._UF1000%2C1000_QL80_FMwebp_-EijkXUROWx1CHWwVPzWrsxUWkgRiuD.webp" alt="Cover of Brig of War by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Privateers &amp; Gentlemen<!-- --> · <!-- -->1981</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">War under sail.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Brig of War</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Privateers &amp; Gentlemen · 1981</p></a><a aria-label="Metropolitan" href="/books/metropolitan" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/METROPOLITAN-puDUyvZCPf0WbWGRT2HgFr5lxIb8Lg.jpg" alt="Cover of Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Metropolitan<!-- --> · <!-- -->1995</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground
1/90">One city. One world. One stolen source of power.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Metropolitan</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Metropolitan · 1995</p></a><a aria-label="City on Fire" href="/books/city-on-fire" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/city-on-fire.jpg" alt="Cover of City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Metropolitan<!-- --> · <!-- -->1997</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">The revolution wins. Then it has to govern.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">City on Fire</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Metropolitan · 1997</p></a><a aria-label="The Praxis" href="/books/the-praxis" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/praxis-series.jpg" alt="Cover of The Praxis by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Dread Empire&#x27;s Fall<!-- --> · <!-- -->2002</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">The last Shaa is dying, and ten thousand years of order dies with him.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">The Praxis</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Dread Empire&#x27;s Fall · 2002</p></a><a aria-label="Investments" href="/books/investments" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/investments.jpg" alt="Cover of Investments by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Dread Empire&#x27;s Fall<!-- --> · <!-- -->2008</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">Martinez, promoted sideways into a nest of financial crime.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Investments</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Dread Empire&#x27;s Fall · 2008</p></a><a aria-label="Fleet Elements" href="/books/fleet-elements" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/fleet-elements-review.jpg" alt="Cover of Fleet Elements by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Dread Empire&#x27;s Fall<!-- --> · <!-- -->2020</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground
1/90">Two officers, one fleet, and an empire coming apart at speed.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Fleet Elements</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Dread Empire&#x27;s Fall · 2020</p></a><a aria-label="Imperium Restored" href="/books/imperium-restored" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/imperium-restored.jpg" alt="Cover of Imperium Restored by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Dread Empire&#x27;s Fall<!-- --> · <!-- -->2022</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">The war is won. Now comes the peace, which is worse.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Imperium Restored</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Dread Empire&#x27;s Fall · 2022</p></a><a aria-label="Quillifer" href="/books/quillifer" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/quillifer.png" alt="Cover of Quillifer by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Quillifer<!-- --> · <!-- -->2017</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">A butcher&#x27;s son, a lawyer&#x27;s training, and an extremely poor sense of restraint.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Quillifer</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Quillifer · 2017</p></a><a aria-label="Quillifer the Knight" href="/books/quillifer-the-knight" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/quillifer-the-knight.jpg" alt="Cover of Quillifer the Knight by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Quillifer<!-- --> · <!-- -->2019</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">Knighted, landless, and still incapable of keeping his mouth shut.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Quillifer the Knight</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Quillifer · 2019</p></a><a aria-label="Lord Quillifer" href="/books/lord-quillifer" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net/book_images/onix/cvr9781481490030/lord-quillifer-9781481490030.jpg" alt="Cover of Lord Quillifer by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Quillifer<!-- --> · <!-- -->2021</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground
1/90">A lordship, a revolution, and Quillifer at the center of it all.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Lord Quillifer</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Quillifer · 2021</p></a><a aria-label="This Is Not a Game" href="/books/this-is-not-a-game" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/This%20is%20not%20a%20game-MPb5ExdwBvvLJ0rUv6iBjey0XkfUxR.png" alt="Cover of This Is Not a Game by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Dagmar Shaw<!-- --> · <!-- -->2009</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">Four million players. One real body.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">This Is Not a Game</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Dagmar Shaw · 2009</p></a><a aria-label="The Boolean Gate" href="/books/the-boolean-gate" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/the-boolean-gate.jpg" alt="Cover of The Boolean Gate by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Thriller<!-- --> · <!-- -->2019</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">Mark Twain, Nikola Tesla, and a machine for talking to the dead.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">The Boolean Gate</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Thriller · 2019</p></a><a aria-label="To Glory Arise" href="/books/to-glory-arise" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/to-glory-arise.jpg" alt="Cover of To Glory Arise by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Privateers &amp; Gentlemen<!-- --> · <!-- -->1983</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">The age-of-sail saga, back in print from Flagship Editions.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">To Glory Arise</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Privateers &amp; Gentlemen · 1983</p></a><a aria-label="Video Star" href="/books/video-star" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/video%20star-CeRyuY5MfS575rVBaeNeAwHRy1y8pn.jpg" alt="Cover of Video Star by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->1987</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground
1/90">A fractured identity in the age of media.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Video Star</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 1987</p></a><a aria-label="Wall, Stone, Craft" href="/books/wall-stone-craft" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/Wall%20stone%20craft-O0nhEmc2vxXIQd9j97I64CejzjEsdS.jpg" alt="Cover of Wall, Stone, Craft by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Historical<!-- --> · <!-- -->1983</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">Adventure beneath the banner of a stolen empire.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Wall, Stone, Craft</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Historical · 1983</p></a><a aria-label="The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid" href="/books/the-tang-dynasty-underwater-pyramid" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/The%20Tang%20Dynasty%20Underwater%20Pyramid-1fqZINACEByftuR1isE29SRpkyBwPQ.jpg" alt="Cover of The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->2024</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">A lost civilization waits beneath the sea.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 2024</p></a><a aria-label="Surfacing" href="/books/surfacing" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/Surfacing-Qd0yf6zbQ4SCRjIzszUEylEHQ9BLJf.jpg" alt="Cover of Surfacing by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->2024</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">The future rises from the deep.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Surfacing</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 2024</p></a><a aria-label="Daddy&#x27;s World" href="/books/daddys-world" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/Daddy%27s%20World-MHfZCPvtNPbjE5sBDRsWXkWp46Vi1i.jpg" alt="Cover of Daddy&#x27;s World by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->2001</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground
1/90">A Nebula-nominated story of family and power.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Daddy&#x27;s World</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 2001</p></a><a aria-label="No Spot of Ground" href="/books/no-spot-of-ground" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/No%20Spot%20of%20Ground-VbltaQk7Jvkj9fiN3dkep4oDMJjqJk.jpg" alt="Cover of No Spot of Ground by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Historical<!-- --> · <!-- -->2007</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">Edgar Allan Poe amid the American Civil War.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">
1No Spot of Ground</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Historical · 2007</p></a><a aria-label="Dinosaurs" href="/books/dinosaurs" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/Dinosaurs-qh7uhbhpo7b5fB2wb5gBR9jVUAxhqM.jpg" alt="Cover of Dinosaurs by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->2015</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">A Hugo-nominated novella of ships and impossible futures.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Dinosaurs</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 2015</p></a><a aria-label="Wolf Time" href="/books/wolf-time" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/Wolf%20Time-foMBV4F4DzSIKZdEcP9DTAfek5PP2G.jpg" alt="Cover of Wolf Time by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->2018</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">A new life in an altered body and a dangerous world.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Wolf Time</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 2018</p></a><a aria-label="The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories" href="/books/the-green-leopard-plague" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/The%20Green%20Leopard%20Plague%20and%20Other%20Stories-poDEs1Ncm1NExlmIEfSxz9xZm7tYZL.jpg" alt="Cover of The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->2010</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">A landmark collection of award-winning short fiction.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 2010</p></a><a aria-label="The Best of Walter Jon Williams" href="/books/the-best-of-walter-jon-williams" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/The%20Best%20of%20Walter%20Jon%20Williams-73vnOAVHkGLYZFc8ixneUVxQJ8RRsz.jpg" alt="Cover of The Best of Walter Jon Williams by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Science Fiction<!-- --> · <!-- -->2025</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground
1/90">A career-spanning selection of essential stories.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">The Best of Walter Jon Williams</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Science Fiction · 2025</p></a><a aria-label="The Last Ride of German Freddie" href="/books/the-last-ride-of-german-freddie" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="https://hebbkx1anhila5yf.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/The%20Last%20Ride%20of%20German%20Freddie-TwPQWTaEGZKr1NgiiDh7aIMnDH79XE.jpg" alt="Cover of The Last Ride of German Freddie by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Historical<!-- --> · <!-- -->2024</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">A final ride through the American frontier.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">The Last Ride of German Freddie</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Historical · 2024</p></a><a aria-label="The Macedonian" href="/books/the-macedonian" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/the-macedonian.jpg" alt="Cover of The Macedonian by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Privateers &amp; Gentlemen<!-- --> · <!-- -->1984</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">A court-martial, a counter-espionage operation, and a stolen frigate.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">The Macedonian</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Privateers &amp; Gentlemen · 1984</p></a><a aria-label="Cat Island" href="/books/cat-island" class="group block"><div class="grain card-lift relative aspect-2/3 overflow-hidden rounded border border-border bg-surface"><img src="/assets/revised/cat-island.jpg" alt="Cover of Cat Island by Walter Jon Williams" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 group-hover:scale-105"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 bg-linear-to-t from-ink via-ink/80 to-transparent p-4 pt-14 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100"><p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-brass">Privateers &amp; Gentlemen<!-- --> · <!-- -->1984</p><p class="mt-1.5 line-clamp-3 text-sm leading-snug text-foreground/90">The last of the Markham voyages, and the Gulf in flames.</p></div></div><p class="mt-3 font-display text-base leading-tight font-semibold group-hover:text-primary">Cat Island</p><p class="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">Privateers &amp; Gentlemen · 1984</p></a></div></div>
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