The Malwa and their evil have been driven back to their Indian heartland, but there they coil to strike again. Ruled by a monster from the future which is part computer and part demon, they prepare a fresh attack whose success will leave them rulers of the world — and the monster that guides the Malwa will rule the whole future! Belisarius, the greatest general of his age, has...
The Malwa and their evil have been driven back to their Indian heartland, but there they coil to strike again. Ruled by a monster from the future which is part computer and part demon, they prepare a fresh attack whose success will leave them rulers of the world — and the monster that guides the Malwa will rule the whole future! Belisarius, the greatest general of his age, has...
Bestselling author David Drake and World Fantasy Award-winning author Karl Edward Wagner now join forces to tell the epic tale of Lycon, the greatest beast hunter that ancient Rome had ever seen, pitted against a murderous alien in a battle for survival...with the fate of the Earth hanging in the balance! The arena of Emperor Domitian is always hungry for a new bloodsport, so...
"A Grand Tour", written by David Drake, is the second short story in the first Honorverse anthology More Than Honor, first published in 1998. Lord Sir Hakon Nessler, 14th Earl of Greatgap, travels to the planet Hope with Edith Mincio, his university tutor and occasional gambling teacher, to do research on an ancient race known as the Alphanes, when he hears of the destruction...
Part of The Thieves' World Series. "Dagger" could be considered a bit of a practice run for the author's later Lord Of The Isles series. A hyper-practical hardworking hero with no hesitation to kill when necessary? Check. Loving attention to the accurate and period-specific details of clothing, weapons, food, and buildings? Check. Heavy use of Middle Eastern folklore and...
The corrupt Earth government is sending an army to Greenwood to remove the pioneers who discovered and settled the planet: the potential profits are too great to leave the world to scraggly ne’er-do-wells! Though the rugged individualists of Greenwood may be fractious and disinclined to agree on most things, the greedy politicians of Earth will learn a harsh lesson if they...
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