David Drake

David Drake

David Drake has written at least 143 books. Their most popular book is With the Lightnings with 32 saves with an average rating of 3.73⭐.

Author Bio

The Army took David Drake from Duke Law School and sent him on a motorized tour of Viet Nam and Cambodia with the 11th Cav, the Blackhorse. He learned new skills, saw interesting sights, and met exotic people who hadn’t run fast enough to get away.

Dave returned to become Chapel Hill’s Assistant Town Attorney and to try to put his life back together through fiction making sense of his Army experiences.

Dave describes war from where he saw it: the loader’s hatch of a tank in Cambodia. His military experience, combined with his formal education in history and Latin, has made him one of the foremost writers of realistic action SF and fantasy. His bestselling Hammer’s Slammers series is credited with creating the genre of modern Military SF. He often wishes he had a less interesting background.

Dave lives with his family in rural North Carolina.

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Authorship percentage indicates primary author status - excluding introductions, forewards and other contributions.

Series

10 primary books

Authored 100% of series

RCN

RCN is a 10-book series with 10 released primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by David Drake.

Series

8 primary books

Authored 100% of series

Lord of the Isles

Lord of the Isles is a 8-book series with 8 released primary works first released in 1997 with contributions by David Drake.

Series

7 primary books

Authored 100% of series

The General

The General is a 7-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 1991 with contributions by S.M. Stirling, David Drake, and Eric Flint.

#2
The Hammer
#3
The Anvil
#4
The Steel
#5
The Sword

Series

6 primary books4 released books

Authored 100% of series

Hammer's Slammers

Hammer's Slammers is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 7 with contributions by David Drake.

Series

6 primary books5 released books

Authored 100% of series

Belisarius

Belisarius is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Eric Flint and David Drake.

#2
In the Heart of Darkness
#3
Destiny's Shield
#4
Fortune's Stroke
#5
The Tide of Victory
#6
The Dance of Time

Series

3 primary books

Authored 100% of series

The Books of the Elements

The Books of the Elements is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by David Drake.

#1
The Legions of Fire
#3
Monsters of the Earth
#4
Air and Darkness

Series

3 primary books2 released books

Authored 100% of series

Time of Heroes

Time of Heroes is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by David Drake.

Series

6 primary books

Authored 33% of series

The Fleet

The Fleet is a 6-book series with 6 released primary works first released in 1988 with contributions by David Drake, Bill Fawcett, and Poul Anderson.

The Fleet
#2
Counter Attack
#3
Breakthrough
#4
Sworn Allies
#5
Total War

Series

2 primary books0 released books

Authored 100% of series

Seas of Venus

Seas of Venus is a 0-book series with contributions by David Drake.

Series

13 primary books

Authored 15% of series

Heroes in Hell

Heroes in Hell is a 13-book series with 13 released primary works first released in 1986 with contributions by Gregory Benford, C. J. Cherryh, and David Drake.

#1
Heroes in Hell
#2
The Gates of Hell
#4
Kings in Hell
#6
Legions of Hell
#7
Angels in Hell

Series

2 primary books

Authored 100% of series

Lt. Leary / RCN

Lt. Leary / RCN is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2000 with contributions by David Drake.

Series

3 primary books

Authored 67% of series

Earth Legions

Earth Legions is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1986 with contributions by David Drake, David Weber, and Mark L. Van Name.

Series

7 primary books10 released books

Authored 10% of series

Brainship

Brainship is a 10-book series with 10 released primary works first released in 1969 with contributions by Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, and S.M. Stirling.

#1
The Ship Who Sang
#3
The Ship Who Searched
#4
The City Who Fought
#5
The Ship Who Won
#6
The Ship Errant

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

Tom Kelly

Tom Kelly is a 1-book series first released in 1987 with contributions by David Drake.

#2
Fortress

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

Reaches

Reaches is a 1-book series first released in 1995 with contributions by David Drake.

#2
Through the Breach

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

Crisis of Empire

Crisis of Empire is a 1-book series first released in 1989 with contributions by William C. Dietz and David Drake.

#2
Cluster Command

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

ARC Riders

ARC Riders is a 1-book series first released in 1996 with contributions by David Drake and Janet Morris.

#2
The Fourth Rome

Series

3 released books

Authored 33% of series

100 Stories

100 Stories is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1993 with contributions by Charles Dickens, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Donald A. Wollheim.

Series

5 primary books7 released books

Authored 14% of series

Ile-Rien

Ile-Rien is a 7-book series with 6 released primary works first released in 1993 with contributions by David Drake, Brian W. Aldiss, and Jacqueline Carey.

#0.1
Elemental
#1
The Element of Fire
#2
The Death of the Necromancer
#1
The Wizard Hunters
#2
The Ships of Air

Series

3 primary books6 released books

Authored 17% of series

Doona

Doona is a 6-book series with 6 released primary works first released in 1969 with contributions by Anne McCaffrey, Jody Lynn Nye, and C. J. Cherryh.

#1
Decision at Doona
#2
Crisis on Doona
#3
Treaty at Doona (Doona, #3)
#8.5
The Girl Who Heard Dragons
The Fleet

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

Crown of the Isles

Crown of the Isles is a 1-book series first released in 2008 with contributions by David Drake.

#9
The Gods Return

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

Crown of the Isles

Crown of the Isles is a 1-book series first released in 2006 with contributions by David Drake.

Series

2 primary books

Authored 50% of series

Tomorrow's Warfare

Tomorrow's Warfare is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 1986 with contributions by David Drake, Richard C. Meredith, and Robert Sheckley.

#1
Body Armor: 2000
#2
Supertanks

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

Citizen

Citizen is a 1-book series first released in 2011 with contributions by John Lambshead and David Drake.

#1
Into the Hinterlands

Series

49 released books

Authored 2% of series

Honorverse

Honorverse is a 49-book series with 49 released primary works first released in 1993 with contributions by David Weber, David Drake, and S.M. Stirling.

#1
On Basilisk Station
#2
The Honor of the Queen
#3
The Short Victorious War
#4
Field of Dishonor
#5
Flag in Exile

Series

0 released books

Authored 0% of series

Battlestations

Battlestations is a 0-book series first released in 1992 .

Series

10 primary books18 released books

Authored 0% of series

Saga of the Skolian Empire

Saga of the Skolian Empire is a 18-book series with 18 released primary works first released in 1996 with contributions by Catherine Asaro, Mary Jo Putney, and Rebecca York.

#1
Primary Inversion
#2
Catch the Lightning
#3
The Last Hawk
#5
Ascendant Sun
#6
Quantam Rose

Series

5 primary books

Authored 0% of series

Magic: The Gathering: Anthology

Magic: The Gathering: Anthology is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 1995 .

#1
Tapestries
#3
Rath and Storm
#6
The Dragons of Magic
#7
The Secrets of Magic
#8
The Monsters of Magic

Series

24 primary books40 released books

Authored 0% of series

Pern (Chronological Order)

Pern (Chronological Order) is a 40-book series with 40 released primary works first released in 1967 with contributions by Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey, and Karen Wynn Fonstad.

#1
Dragonsdawn
#11.5
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall
#3
Dragonseye
#16
Dragon's Kin
#19
Dragon's Fire

Series

6 primary books7 released books

Authored 0% of series

The Uplift Saga

The Uplift Saga is a 7-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 1980 with contributions by David Brin and Kevin Lenagh.

#1
Sundiver
#2
Startide Rising
#3
The Uplift War
#1
Brightness Reef
#2
Infinity's Shore

Series

11 primary books14 released books

Authored 0% of series

Thieves' World

Thieves' World is a 14-book series with 14 released primary works first released in 1979 with contributions by Philip José Farmer, Joe Haldeman, and John Brunner.

#1
Thieves' World
#2
Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn
#3
Shadows of Sanctuary
#5
The Face of Chaos

Series

2 primary books

Authored 0% of series

Geschichten aus der Diebeswelt

Geschichten aus der Diebeswelt is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 1987 .

#15
Aftermath
#11
Uneasy Alliances

Series

7 primary books17 released books

Authored 0% of series

Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering is a 17-book series with 17 released primary works first released in 1994 with contributions by Jeff Grubb, Cory J. Herndon, and J. Robert King.

Series

7 primary books

Authored 0% of series

Worlds of Honor

Worlds of Honor is a 7-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by David Weber, Linda Evans, and Jane Lindskold.

#2
Worlds of Honor (Worlds of Honor, #2)
#3
Changer of Worlds (Worlds of Honor, #3)
#4
Ve službách Meče
#5
In Fire Forged

Series

5 primary books8 released books

Authored 0% of series

Silver John

Silver John is a 8-book series with 8 released primary works first released in 1963 with contributions by Manly Wade Wellman.

#1
The Old Gods Waken
#2
After Dark
#3
The Lost and the Lurking
#4
The Hanging Stones
#5
The Voice of the Mountain

Series

2 primary books

Authored 0% of series

The Book of Cthulhu

The Book of Cthulhu is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2011 with contributions by Laird Barron, Molly Tanzer, and Elizabeth Bear.

#1
The Book of Cthulhu
#2
The Book of Cthulhu II

Series

1 primary book0 released books

Authored 0% of series

Northworld

Northworld is a 0-book series first released in 1990 .

Series

15 primary books

Authored 0% of series

Honor Harrington FRG

Honor Harrington FRG is a 15-book series with 15 released primary works first released in 1993 with contributions by David Weber, Linda Evans, and Jane Lindskold.

#1
On Basilisk Station
#2
The Honor of the Queen
#3
The Short Victorious War
#4
Field of Dishonor
#5
Flag in Exile

Series

7 primary books

Authored 0% of series

Bolo

Bolo is a 7-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 1976 with contributions by Keith Laumer, William H. Keith Jr., and David Weber.

#1
Bolo
#2
Bolo: Rogue Bolo
#3
The Stars Must Wait
#4
Bolo Brigade
#5
Bolo rising

Series

6 primary books

Authored 0% of series

Bolos

Bolos is a 6-book series with 6 released primary works first released in 1993 with contributions by Keith Laumer, David Weber, and Linda Evans.

Honor of the Regiment: Bolos 1
The Unconquerable: Bolos 2
The Triumphant
Last Stand: Bolos 4
Old Guard