“david drake”

This volume traces the political positions adopted by French writers and artists from the end of the nineteenth century to the Liberation. Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, it offers a clear and accessible analysis of the intellectuals' engagement with nationalism, pacifism, ... More

Lieutenant Daniel Leary of the Republic of Cinnabar Navy commands the corvette "Princess Cecile". His friend, Signals Officer Adele Mundy, has the latest in spy apparatuses and the skill to prowl the most tightly guarded database. Together they battle bureaucrats and traitors as action and heroics m... More

They were the best mercenaries in the galaxy. They were Hammer's Slammers! "The Butcher's Bill" contains a novel, two novellas, four short stories, and a new novelette written for the collection, in addition to an Introduction by the author.Tanks don't fight without crews. The men and women who crew... More

The inhuman Rulers of the galaxy sent three fleets to learn what had happened to the world located by Captain North and the Survey Team he led. Neither a soul nor a message returned. The fourth time, the Rulers sent a single man: Nils Hansen.Commissioner Hansen had a mind that saw the shortest path ... More

A FRIENDSHIP FORGED IN HELL!Daniel Leary is a lieutenant in the republic of Cinnabar Navy with no money and no prospects since he quarreled with his ruthless, politically powerful father.Adele Mundy is a scholar with no money and no prospects since her family was massacred for conspiring against the... More

Into Harm's Way!Lieutenant Daniel Leary of the Republic of Cinnabar Navy commands the corvette Princess Cecile; his friend Signals Officer Adele Mundy has the latest in spy apparatus and the skill to prowl the most tightly guarded database. All they lack are enemies, and fate is about to supply that... More

HE'LL JUST SLAY YOU...Widely known for the grim and gritty battlefield realism of his bestselling adventures of Hammer's Slammers, and for other popular novels of military science fiction, David Drake now takes deadly aim at the funnybone. Meet the goblin paratroopers and learn why a sane goblin wou... More

THE SAGA OF THE SLAMMERS BEGINS!COLONEL ALOIS HAMMER: He welded five thousand individual killers into a weapon more deadly than any other in the human universe. When a planetary government faces unfriendly natives, guerrilla insurgents, or ruthless terrorists, they do the only thing that might save ... More

In his popular Hammer's Slammers series, Vietnam veteran Drake tells a military story like no other, set on warring planets in need of the mercenary services of Colonel Hammer and his men.... More

Drake explores a future world where the police have cameras watching everybody, everywhere, 24-7--and introduces Lacey, the man who watches the watchmen. Then Drake segues to a very different, but no less foreboding future where the Fleet preserves the peace in the galaxy.A prime volume by bestselli... More