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David Drake Books in Order
David Drake is a renowned American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. As a decorated Vietnam War veteran, he brings a unique perspective to his writing. Prior to his successful writing career, Drake practiced law, drawing from his diverse experiences to craft compelling stories. Now, he is a leading figure in the military science fiction genre, captivating audiences with his gripping narratives.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of David Drake's book series? David Drake has written 28 book series. The most notable is the ARC Riders series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by David Drake
- #1
ARC Riders(1995) - #2
The Fourth Rome(1996)
- #1
An Oblique Approach(1998) - #2
In the Heart of Darkness(1998) - #3
Destiny's Shield(1999) - #4
Fortune's Stroke(2000) - #5
The Tide of Victory(2001) - #6
The Dance of Time(2006)
- #1
The Square Deal(1992) - #2
Double Jeopardy (By: Aaron Allston,Herrmann)(1994) - #3
Back from Hell (By: Mick Farren)(1999)
- #1
Into the Hinterlands(2011) - #2
Into the Maelstrom(2015)
- #1
An Honorable Defense(1988) - #2
Cluster Command (By: William C. Dietz)(1989) - #3
The War Machine (With: Roger MacBride Allen)(1989) - #4
Crown of Empire (With: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro)(2012)
- #1The Fortress of Glass(2006)
- #2
The Mirror of Worlds(2007) - #3
The Gods Return(2008)
- #1
Hope Rearmed (With: S.M. Stirling)(2014)
- #1Hammer's Slammers(1979)
- #2
At Any Price(1985) - #3
Counting the Cost(1987) - #4
Rolling Hot(1989) - #5The Warrior(1991)
- #6The Sharp End(1993)
- #7The Tank Lords(1997)
- #8Paying the Piper(2002)
- #1
The Forlorn Hope(1984) - #2Cross The Stars(1984)
- #3
The Voyage(1994)
- #1
Rebels In Hell (By: Janet Morris)(1986) - #2
Heroes in Hell (With: C.J. Cherryh,Gregory Benford,Janet Morris)(1986) - #3
The Gates of Hell (By: C.J. Cherryh,Janet Morris)(1986) - #4
Masters in Hell (With: C.J. Cherryh)(1987) - #5
Kings in Hell (By: C.J. Cherryh,Janet Morris)(1987) - #6
Crusaders in Hell (With: C.J. Cherryh,Gregory Benford,Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael Amstrong,Bill Kerby)(1987) - #7
Legions of Hell (By: C.J. Cherryh)(1987) - #8
Angels in Hell (By: Janet Morris)(1987) - #9
The Little Helliad (By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris)(1988) - #10
War in Hell (By: Janet Morris)(1988) - #11
Explorers in Hell(1989) - #12
Bridge Over Hell (By: Janet Morris,Michael A. Armstrong)(2009) - #13
Hell Bound (By: Janet Morris,Andrew P. Weston)(2015) - #14
Hell Hounds (By: Andrew P. Weston)(2017) - #15
Hell Gate (By: Andrew P. Weston)(2019) - #16
Monsters in Hell (By: Janet Morris,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Chris Morris,A. L. Butcher)(2024)
- #1
On Basilisk Station (By: David Weber)(1992) - #2
The Honor of the Queen (By: David Weber)(1993) - #3
The Short Victorious War (By: David Weber)(1994) - #4
Field of Dishonor (By: David Weber)(1994) - #5
Flag in Exile (By: David Weber)(1995) - #6
Honor Among Enemies (By: David Weber)(1996) - #7
In Enemy Hands (By: David Weber)(1997) - #8
"A Beautiful Friendship" (By: David Weber)(1998) - #9"A Whiff of Grapeshot" (By: S.M. Stirling)(1998)
- #10"A Grand Tour"(1998)
- #11
Echoes of Honor (By: David Weber)(1998) - #12
"The Stray" (By: Linda Evans)(1999) - #13"What Price Dreams?" (By: David Weber)(1999)
- #14"The Hard Way Home" (By: David Weber)(1999)
- #15"Queen's Gambit" (By: Jane Lindskold)(1999)
- #16"Deck Load Strike" (By: Roland J. Green)(1999)
- #17
Ashes of Victory (By: David Weber)(2000) - #18
"Changer of Worlds" (By: David Weber)(2001) - #19"Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington" (By: David Weber)(2001)
- #20"From the Highlands" (By: Eric Flint)(2001)
- #21"Nightfall" (By: David Weber)(2001)
- #22
War of Honor (By: David Weber)(2002) - #23
"Promised Land" (By: Jane Lindskold)(2003) - #24"With One Stone" (By: Timothy Zahn)(2003)
- #25"A Ship Named Francis" (By: John Ringo,Victor Mitchell)(2003)
- #26"Let's Go to Prague" (By: John Ringo)(2003)
- #27"Fanatic" (By: Eric Flint)(2003)
- #28"The Service of the Sword" (By: David Weber)(2003)
- #29
Crown of Slaves (By: David Weber,Eric Flint)(2003) - #30
The Shadow of Saganami (By: David Weber)(2004) - #31
At All Costs (By: David Weber)(2005) - #32
Storm from the Shadows (By: David Weber)(2009) - #33
Torch of Freedom (By: David Weber,Eric Flint)(2009) - #34
Mission of Honor (By: David Weber)(2010) - #35
"Ruthless" (By: Jane Lindskold)(2011) - #36"Let's Dance" (By: David Weber)(2011)
- #37"An Act of War" (By: Timothy Zahn)(2011)
- #38
A Beautiful Friendship (By: David Weber)(2011) - #39
A Rising Thunder (By: David Weber)(2012) - #40
Fire Season (By: Jane Lindskold)(2012) - #41
Shadow of Freedom (By: David Weber)(2013) - #42
"I Will Build a House of Steel" (By: David Weber)(2013) - #43
"By the Book" (By: Charles E. Gannon)(2013) - #44"Beauty and the Beast" (By: David Weber)(2013)
- #45"The Best Laid Plans" (By: David Weber)(2013)
- #46"Obligated Service" (By: Joelle Presby)(2013)
- #47"A Call to Arms" (By: Timothy Zahn)(2013)
- #48
Treecat Wars (By: David Weber,Jane Lindskold)(2013) - #49
Cauldron of Ghosts (By: David Weber,Eric Flint)(2014) - #50
A Call to Duty (By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn)(2014) - #51
A Call to Arms (By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Thomas Pope)(2015) - #52
Shadow of Victory (By: David Weber)(2016) - #53
"Our Sacred Honor" (By: David Weber)(2017) - #54
A Call to Vengeance (By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Thomas Pope)(2018) - #55Dark Fall (By: David Weber)(2018)
- #56
Uncompromising Honor (By: David Weber)(2018) - #57
"Recruiting Exercise" (By: David Weber)(2019) - #58
To End in Fire (By: David Weber,Eric Flint)(2021) - #59
A Call to Insurrection (By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Thomas Pope)(2022)
- #1
Lord of the Isles(1997) - #2
Queen of Demons(1998) - #3
Servant of the Dragon(1999) - #4
Mistress of the Catacombs(2001) - #5
Goddess of the Ice Realm(2003) - #6
Master of the Cauldron(2004)
- #1
With the Lightnings(1998) - #2
Lt. Leary, Commanding(2000) - #3
The Far Side of the Stars(2003) - #4
The Way to Glory(2005) - #5
Some Golden Harbor(2006) - #6When the Tide Rises(2008)
- #7
In the Stormy Red Sky(2009) - #8
What Distant Deeps(2010) - #9
The Road of Danger(2012) - #10
The Sea Without a Shore(2014) - #11Death's Bright Day(2016)
- #12
Though Hell Should Bar the Way(2018) - #13The Midshipman(2018)
- #14
To Clear Away the Shadows(2019)
- #1
Window of Opportunity(1984)
- #1
Northworld(1990) - #2
Vengeance(1991) - #3
Justice(1992)
- #1
The Forge (With: S.M. Stirling)(1991) - #2
The Hammer (With: S.M. Stirling)(1992) - #3
The Anvil (With: S.M. Stirling)(1993) - #4
The Steel (With: S.M. Stirling)(1993) - #5
The Sword (With: S.M. Stirling)(1995) - #6
The Chosen (With: S.M. Stirling)(1996) - #7
The Reformer (With: S.M. Stirling)(1999) - #8
The Tyrant (With: Eric Flint)(2002) - #9
The Heretic (With: Tony Daniel)(2013) - #10
The Savior (With: Tony Daniel)(2014)
- #1
Ranks of Bronze(1986) - #2
Foreign Legions (With: S.M. Stirling,David Weber,Mark L. Van Name,Eric Flint)(2001) - #3
The Excalibur Alternative (By: David Weber)(2001) - #4
Nameless Places(1975) - #5
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IV(1976) - #6
Whispers(1977) - #7
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V(1977) - #8
Rivals Of Dracula(1977) - #9The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series VI(1978)
- #10
Chrysalis Volume 2(1978) - #11The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII(1984)
- #12
The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction(1985) - #13
Free Lancers(1987) - #14
Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers(1988) - #15
A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling(1989) - #16
The Far Stars War(1990) - #17
Power(1991) - #18
Cats in Space... and Other Places(1992) - #19
Battlestations(1992) - #20
Honor of the Regiment(1993) - #21
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories(1993) - #22
The Vanguard(1993) - #23
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories(1995) - #24
Tapestries(1995) - #25The Warmasters(2002)
- #26
Mountain Magic(2004) - #27The World Turned Upside Down(2005)
- #28
Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology(2006) - #29The Space Opera Renaissance(2006)
- #30
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe(2007) - #31
This Is My Funniest 2(2007) - #32
The Book of Cthulhu(2011) - #33
The Fleet(2011) - #34
The Mammoth Book of SF Wars(2012) - #35
Shadows of the New Sun(2013) - #36
Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013(2013) - #37
The Baen Big Book of Monsters(2014) - #38
Worst Contact(2016) - #39
The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF 2015(2016) - #40
The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF Volume 3(2017) - #41Infinite Stars(2017)
- #42
Space Pioneers(2018) - #43
Give Me LibertyCon(2020) - #44
Weird World War III(2020) - #45
Bullet Points 2(2022) - #46
Blood, Sweat, and Steel: Tales of Future Combat and Mechanized Warfare(2023)
- #1Igniting the Reaches(1994)
- #2Through the Breach(1995)
- #3
Fireships(1996)
- #1
Surface Action(1990) - #2
The Jungle(1992)
- #1Dragon Lord(1979)
- #2
Birds of Prey(1984) - #3
Killer (With: Karl Edward Wagner)(1985) - #4
Active Measures (With: Janet Morris)(1985) - #5
Strangers and Lovers(1985) - #6
Bridgehead(1986) - #7
Lacey and His Friends(1986) - #8
Kill Ratio (With: Janet Morris)(1987) - #9
Dagger(1988) - #10Vettius and His Friends(1989)
- #11
Target (With: Janet Morris)(1989) - #12
The Undesired Princess and the Enchanted Bunny (With: L. Sprague de Camp)(1990) - #13
The Hunter Returns (With: Jim Kjelgaard)(1991) - #14
Old Nathan(1991) - #15
Starliner(1992) - #16
Tyrannosaur(1994) - #17
Enemy of My Enemy(1995) - #18
Redliners(1996) - #19Patriots(1996)
- #20Other Times Than Peace(2006)
- #21
Voyage Across the Stars(2012) - #22
Dinosaurs & a Dirigible(2014) - #23
Time Safari(1982) - #24From the Heart of Darkness(1983)
- #25
The Military Dimension(1991) - #26
The Military Dimension Mark II(1995) - #27
All the Way to the Gallows(1996) - #28
Grimmer Than Hell(2003) - #29
Balefires(2007) - #30
NightDemons(2012)
- #1
Men Hunting Things(1988) - #2
Things Hunting Men(1988) - #3
Bluebloods(1990)
- #1
The Legions of Fire(2010) - #2
Out of the Waters(2011) - #3
Monsters of the Earth(2013) - #4
Air and Darkness(2015)
- #1
Counter Attack(1988) - #2
Breakthrough(1989) - #3
Sworn Allies(1990) - #4
Total War(1990) - #5
Crisis(1991)
- #1
The Spark(2017) - #2
The Storm(2019) - #3
The Serpent(2021)
- #1
Skyripper(1983) - #2
Fortress(1987) - #3
Loose Cannon(2011)
- #1
Blood and War(1993)
- #1The Sea Hag(1988)
- #1More Than Honor (With: S.M. Stirling,David Weber)(1998)
- #2Worlds of Honor (By: David Weber,Jane Lindskold,Linda Evans,Roland J. Green)(1999)
- #3Changer of Worlds (By: David Weber,Eric Flint)(2001)
- #4The Service of the Sword (By: John Ringo,David Weber,Jane Lindskold,Eric Flint,Timothy Zahn,Victor Mitchell)(2003)
- #5In Fire Forged (By: David Weber,Jane Lindskold,Timothy Zahn,Andy Presby)(2011)
- #6Beginnings (By: David Weber,Timothy Zahn,Charles E. Gannon,Joelle Presby)(2013)
- #7
What Price Victory? (By: David Weber)(2023) - #8
Challenges (By: David Weber)(2025)
About David Drake
David Drake is a renowned American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. As a decorated Vietnam War veteran, he brings a unique perspective to his writing. Prior to his successful writing career, Drake practiced law, drawing from his diverse experiences to craft compelling stories. Now, he is a leading figure in the military science fiction genre, captivating audiences with his gripping narratives.
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