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: January 2026

Book Series by David Drake

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