David Drake

David Drake
J. Coker

David Drake (born 1945) sold his first story (a fantasy) at age 20. His undergraduate majors at the University of Iowa were history (with honors) and Latin (BA, 1967). He uses his training in both subjects extensively in his fiction.

David entered Duke Law School in 1967 and graduated five years later (JD, 1972). The delay was caused by his being drafted into the US Army. He served in 1970 as an enlisted interrogator with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the Blackhorse, in Viet Nam and Cambodia. He has used his legal and particularly his military experiences extensively in his fiction also.

David practiced law for eight years; drove a city bus for one year; and has been a full-time freelance writer since 1981. He reads and travels extensively.

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Birds of Prey
Birds of Prey

David Drake
Tor Science Fiction

Rome, 262 A.D: It had been the capital of the greatest civilization on Earth. Now both city and civilization are dying. Imperial unity has shattered as...


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Out of the Waters
Out of the Waters

David Drake
Tor Books

The second novel of The Books of the Elements. The wealthy Governor Saxa, of the great city of Carce, has generously and lavishly subsidized a...


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The Legions of Fire
The Legions of Fire

David Drake
Tor Fantasy

In this novel of magical menace to the survival of all humanity, David Drake introduces a new fantasy world, Carce, based on Europe during the later Roman...


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The Gods Return
The Gods Return
Lord of the Isles
David Drake
Tor Fantasy

The Isles have been more or less unified under Garric’s rule, but the Change that created the continent has removed the old Gods of the Isles from reality and...


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The Mirror of Worlds
The Mirror of Worlds
Lord of the Isles
David Drake
Tor Fantasy

The Mirror of the Worlds is the second in the Crown of the Isles trilogy, which will conclude the epic Lord of the Isles series. The Fortress of Glass...


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The Fortress of Glass
The Fortress of Glass
Lord of the Isles
David Drake
Tor Fantasy

The Fortress of Glass is the first in the Crown of the Isles trilogy, which will conclude the epic Lord of the Isles series. A true trilogy, the action extends...


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Bridgehead
Bridgehead

David Drake
Tor Science Fiction

There’s a secret in the basement of the engineering building. Three travelers, claiming to be from a utopia six thousand years hence, are helping Dr. Gustafson...


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The Forlorn Hope
The Forlorn Hope

David Drake
Tor Science Fiction

They had fought long and hard, and damn near won in spite of everything. But now the men who hired them are going to sell them to the enemy...and so begins a...


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Master of the Cauldron
Master of the Cauldron
Lord of the Isles
David Drake
Tor Fantasy

Garric or-Reise was born the son of an innkeeper in Barca's Hamlet on the Isle of Haft, but through valor and determination became first a prince and then the...


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