David Drake Bibliography

David Drake

((1945 - )

About the Author: Drake "I was born on September 24, 1945, in Dubuque, Iowa. In 1967 I graduated from the University of Iowa with a BA in History (with honors) and Latin; married my wife Jo (one son, Jonathan, born 1973); and entered Duke Law School. I was drafted out of law school and served in the army 1969-71, spending most of 1970 as an interrogator with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the Blackhorse, in Vietnam and Cambodia.

I returned, finished law school, and spent eight years as Assistant Town Attorney of Chapel Hill, NC. In 1980 I resigned and drove a city bus part-time for a year while I did more writing. Since 1981 I've been a fulltime freelance writer.

I sold my first story (a really bad Lovecraftian pastiche) to August Derleth of Arkham House in 1966 while I was an undergraduate. I continued to sell stories in law school, the army, and while working as an attorney. In 1979 my first book, the military SF collection Hammer's Slammers, and my first novel, The Dragon Lord (a swords and sorcery piece) were published.

In total I've written or co-written over 60 books; edited or co-edited about thirty; done plot outlines for another twenty-odd, the books themselves being written by another author. I don't count reissues, whether or not they're expanded, nor recompilations in these figures. I've sold more than a hundred stories.

I'm probably best known for my military SF, but that's never been more than about a quarter of my output. While all my work has been in the fantasy/SF genre, within these bounds I've written about everything except for romance--humor, thriller, epic fantasy, S&S, military SF, space opera, historical (both fantasy and SF)."

Awards: World Fantasy Best Short story nominee (1976) : The Barrow Troll

Series

Novels and More

Hammer's Slammers
1. Hammer's Slammers (1979)
2. Cross the Stars (1984)
3. At Any Price (1985)
4. Counting the Cost (1987)
5. Rolling Hot (1989)
6. The Warrior (1991)
7. The Sharp End (1993)
8. The Voyage (1993)
The Tank Lords (omnibus) (1986)
The Butcher's Bill (omnibus) (1998)
Caught in the Crossfire (omnibus) (1998)
Paying the Piper (2002)

Starhunters
1. Men Hunting Things (1988)
2. Things Hunting Men (1988)
3. Bluebloods (1990)

World of Crystal Walls
1. The Sea Hag (1988)

Northworld
1. Northworld (1990)
2. Vengeance (1991)
3. Justice (1992)

General
1. The Forge (1991) (with S M Stirling)
2. The Hammer (1992) (with S M Stirling)
3. The Anvil (1993) (with S M Stirling)
4. The Steel (1993) (with S M Stirling)
5. The Sword (1995) (with S M Stirling)
6. The Chosen (1996) (with S M Stirling)
7. The Reformer (1999) (with S M Stirling)
8. The Tyrant (2002) (with Eric Flint)

War and Honor (with Gordon R Dickson, Christopher Stasheff and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro)
Blood and War (1993)

Reaches
1. Igniting the Reaches (1994)
2. Through the Breach (1995)
3. Fireships (1996)

ARC Riders (with Janet Morris)
ARC Riders (1995)
The Fourth Rome (1996)

Lord of the Isles
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)

Belisarius (with Eric Flint)
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)

Lt. Leary
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)
6. When the Tide Rises (2008)
7. In the Stormy Red Sky (2009)
8. What Distant Deeps (2010)

Crown of the Isles
1. The Fortress of Glass (2006)
2. The Mirror of Worlds (2007)
3. The Gods Return (2008)

Belisarius Omnibus (with Eric Flint)
1. Thunder at Dawn (2008)
2. Storm at Noontide (2009)
3. The Flames of Sunset (2009)

Books of the Elements
1. The Legions of Fire (2010)
2. Out of the Waters (2011)

Novels
The Dragon Lord (1979)
Skyripper (1983)
The Forlorn Hope (1984)
Birds of Prey (1984)
Strangers and Lovers (1985)
Killer (1985) (with Karl Edward Wagner)
Active Measures (1985) (with Janet Morris)
Fortress (1986)
Ranks of Bronze (1986)
Lacey and His Friends (1986)
Bridgehead (1986)
Kill Ratio (1987) (with Janet Morris)
Vettius and His Friends (1989)
Target (1989) (with Janet Morris)
The Undesired Princess and the Enchanted Bunny (1990) (with L Sprague de Camp)
Surface Action (1990)
The Jungle (1991)
The Hunter Returns (1991) (with Jim Kjelgaard)
Old Nathan (1991)
Starliner (1992)
Tyrannosaur (1994)
Enemy of My Enemy (1995) (with Ben Ohlander)
Patriots (1996)
Redliners (1996)
All the Way to the Gallows (1996)
Seas of Venus (2002)
Other Times Than Peace (2006)
Into the Hinterlands (2011) (with John Lambshead)

Collections
Time Safari (1982)
From the Heart of Darkness (1983)
The Military Dimension (1991)
The Military Dimension Mark II (1995)
The Warmasters (2002) (with Eric Flint and David Weber)
Grimmer Than Hell (2003)
Mountain Magic (2004) (with Eric Flint, Henry Kuttner and Ryk E Spoor)
Balefires (2007)