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David Drake (1945-2023) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. He wrote the Hammer's Slammers and RCN series, among others, and was a Vietnam War veteran and a lawyer.
- Publication Order of Anthologies
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- Redliners
- Hammer’s Slammers
- Lord of The Isles
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David Drake is one of the major bestseller authors in the American Military Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. Since 1979, he authored and co-authored more than a hundred books, and published many more anthologies and short stories. He worked in collaboration with many writers such as Eric Flint, Karl Edward Wagner and S.M. Stirling.
David Drake was born on September 24, 1945, to a middle class family in Iowa. David was an avid lover of the written word from a very young age. When he was only two years old, way before he learned to read, he fell in love with a poem from The Big Golden Book of Poetry, “The Chickens”. He liked it so much, that he insisted that his parents read it...
David Drake’s novel Redliners tells the story of the Strike Force Company C41, with their commander Major Arthur Farrell. The company has seen a lot of war, and each of its members deals with their own painful memories. They are no longer fit for battle, but nor do they fit to lead their civilian lives again. When their last mission goes wrong, it ...
The “Hammer’s Slammers” series is one of David Drake’s best known works. First book of the series was published in 1979, with the same name as the entire series, and is a collection of short stories following the missions of a mercenary armored tank regiment in a fictional war in the 30th century, and their captain Colonel Alois Hammer. David says ...
Lord of the Isles is a series of fantasy novels David began in 1997 with the first book – Lord of the Isles. The series tell of an archipelago known in the books as The Isles, and its inhabitant, specifically four young children from a small village in one of the isles. The books deal with one of the children, Garric or-Reise, and his claim to rule...
You can get David Drake’s books in many retailers, like Amazon, in either Hardcover, Paperback or Kindle versions.
For Dave’s Memorial Celebration, here are some lines from Vergil, a poet he loved: In freta dum fluvii current, dum montibus umbrae lustrabunt convexa, polus dum sidera pascet,
Lord of the Isles series. A series of books by author David Drake. In 1997, Drake began his largest fantasy series, Lord of the Isles, using elements of Sumerian religion and medieval era technology. The series consists of nine books broken into two distinct parts, the Lord of the Isles consisting of the first six books, and a final trilogy ...
Sep 1, 2024 · David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature, especially military science fiction. Find his biography, blog, ratings, reviews, and series on Goodreads.
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Starhunters. by. David Drake. 3.71 avg rating — 112 ratings. David Drake has 426 books on Goodreads with 259360 ratings. David Drake's most popular series is RCN.
