Lord of the Isles by David Drake David Drake has a considerable reputation as a science-fiction writer, but Lord of the Isles was my first introduction to his work. To be frank, it is not a good introduction. Lord of the Isles begins in the tried-and-tested high fantasy tradition — ancient events outlined in the […]
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The Legions of Fire by David Drake The Legions of Fire by David Drake is a mixed bag of a novel. In one sense, it’s literally so, as Drake combines historical and fantasy genres along with Greek and Norse mythology — that’s (mostly) the good mix. The not-so-great mix was in my response to the […]
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Out of the Waters by David Drake David Drake’s Out of the Waters continues his new BOOKS OF THE ELEMENTS series set in Carce, a quasi-historical Rome. In my review of book one, The Legions of Fire, I called the novel a “mixed bag” in terms of pace and character and said I was actually […]
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Hammer’s Slammers — (1979-2012) Publisher: With a veteran’s eye for the harsh and gritty details of war, David Drake depicts a futuristic analog of tank combat in his Hammer’s Slammers fiction. The Slammers are neither cartoon heroes nor propaganda villains; rather they are competent professionals engaged in a deadly business. The inevitable conflicts between policy, […]
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The General (Raj Whitehall) — (1991-2014) David Drake with S.M. Stirling, Eric Flint and Tony Daniel. Omnibus editions available. Publisher: Long after interstellar civilization collapsed, Battle Central, a sentient computer, selected a young military officer to restore its fallen glory by conquering a planet — and then re-conquering the stars.
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ARC Riders — (1995-1996) With Janet Morris. Publisher: Reactionary 23rd-century terrorists will change history unless the elite Anti-Revision Command, the ARC Riders, aided by war veteran Maj. Rebecca Carnes, can find them. In a manhunt that ranges from the 26th century to 50,000 B.C., the ARC Riders must stop the killing before they lose their […]
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The Undesired Princess & The Enchanted Bunny — (1990) L. Sprague de Camp with David Drake. Publisher: The Undesired Princess finds the overly practical Rollin Hobart transported to a far-from-sensible world, while in The Enchanted Bunny, ghostwriter Joe Johnson falls into the middle of a fairy tale.
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