Order of David Drake Books
David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels. He is the author of the Hammer’s Slammers, Lord of the Isles and Lt. Leary series as well as the creator of the Raj Whitehall and Belisarius series. David graduated from the University of Iowa with honours. He then began attending the Duke University School of Law before being drafted to the U.S. Army and heading to Vietnam and Cambodia. David lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina.
David Drake became a published novelist in 1979 when he published both Hammer’s Slammers and the standalone novel The Dragon Lord. Below is a list of David Drake’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Hammer’s Slammers Books
Hammer’s Slammers | (1979) | |
At Any Price | (1985) | |
Counting the Cost | (1987) | |
Rolling Hot | (1989) | |
The Warrior | (1991) | |
The Sharp End | (1993) | |
The Tank Lords | (1997) | |
Paying the Piper | (2002) |
Publication Order of Hammerverse Books
The Forlorn Hope | (1984) | |
Cross The Stars | (1984) | |
The Voyage | (1994) |
Publication Order of ARC Riders Books
(with Janet Morris)
ARC Riders | (1995) | |
The Fourth Rome | (1996) |
Publication Order of Belisarius Books
(with Eric Flint)
An Oblique Approach | (1998) | |
In the Heart of Darkness | (1998) | |
Destiny’s Shield | (1999) | |
Fortune’s Stroke | (2000) | |
The Tide of Victory | (2001) | |
The Dance of Time | (2006) |
Publication Order of The Books of the Elements Books
The Legions of Fire | (2010) | |
Out of the Waters | (2011) | |
Monsters of the Earth | (2013) | |
Air and Darkness | (2015) |
Publication Order of Citizen Books
Into the Hinterlands | (2011) | |
Into the Maelstrom | (2015) |
Publication Order of Crisis of Empire Books
An Honorable Defense | (1988) | |
Cluster Command | (1989) | |
The War Machine | (1989) | |
Crown of Empire | (2012) | |
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Publication Order of Crown Of The Isles Books
The Fortress of Glass | (2006) | |
The Mirror of Worlds | (2007) | |
The Gods Return | (2008) |
Publication Order of The Fleet Books
(with Robert Sheckley, Bill Fawcett)
Counter Attack | (1988) | |
Breakthrough | (1989) | |
Sworn Allies | (1990) | |
Total War | (1990) | |
Crisis | (1991) |
Publication Order of Lt. Leary / RCN Books
With the Lightnings | (1998) | |
Lt. Leary, Commanding | (2000) | |
The Far Side of the Stars | (2003) | |
The Way to Glory | (2005) | |
Some Golden Harbor | (2006) | |
When the Tide Rises | (2008) | |
In the Stormy Red Sky | (2009) | |
What Distant Deeps | (2010) | |
The Road of Danger | (2012) | |
The Sea Without a Shore | (2014) | |
Death’s Bright Day | (2016) | |
Though Hell Should Bar the Way | (2018) | |
To Clear Away the Shadows | (2019) |
Publication Order of Lord of the Isles Books
Lord of the Isles | (1997) | |
Queen of Demons | (1998) | |
Servant of the Dragon | (1999) | |
Mistress of the Catacombs | (2001) | |
Goddess of the Ice Realm | (2003) | |
Master of the Cauldron | (2004) |
Publication Order of Northworld Books
Northworld | (1990) | |
Vengeance | (1991) | |
Justice | (1992) |
Publication Order of Raj Whitehall/The General Books
The Forge | (1991) | |
The Hammer | (1992) | |
The Anvil | (1993) | |
The Steel | (1993) | |
The Sword | (1995) | |
The Chosen | (1996) | |
The Reformer | (1999) | |
The Tyrant | (2002) | |
The Heretic | (2013) | |
The Savior | (2014) |
Publication Order of Reaches Books
Igniting the Reaches | (1994) | |
Through the Breach | (1995) | |
Fireships | (1996) |
Publication Order of Seas of Venus Books
Surface Action | (1990) | |
The Jungle | (1992) |
Publication Order of Starhunters Books
Men Hunting Things | (1988) | |
Things Hunting Men | (1988) | |
Bluebloods | (1990) |
Publication Order of Time of Heroes Books
The Spark | (2017) | |
The Storm | (2019) | |
The Serpent | (2021) |
Publication Order of Tom Kelly Books
Skyripper | (1983) | |
Fortress | (1987) |
Publication Order of War and Honor Books
Blood and War | (1993) |
Publication Order of World Of Crystal Walls Books
The Sea Hag | (1988) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Dragon Lord | (1979) | |
Birds of Prey | (1984) | |
Killer | (1985) | |
Active Measures | (1985) | |
Strangers and Lovers | (1985) | |
Bridgehead | (1986) | |
Lacey and His Friends | (1986) | |
Kill Ratio | (1987) | |
Dagger | (1988) | |
Vettius and His Friends | (1989) | |
Target | (1989) | |
The Undesired Princess and the Enchanted Bunny | (1990) | |
The Hunter Returns | (1991) | |
Old Nathan | (1991) | |
Starliner | (1992) | |
Tyrannosaur | (1994) | |
Enemy of My Enemy | (1995) | |
Redliners | (1996) | |
Patriots | (1996) | |
Other Times Than Peace | (2006) | |
Voyage Across the Stars | (2012) | |
Dinosaurs & a Dirigible | (2014) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Time Safari | (1982) | |
From the Heart of Darkness | (1983) | |
The Military Dimension | (1991) | |
The Military Dimension Mark II | (1995) | |
All the Way to the Gallows | (1996) | |
Grimmer Than Hell | (2003) | |
Balefires | (2007) | |
NightDemons | (2012) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Window of Opportunity | (1984) |
Publication Order of Heroes in Hell Books
Rebels In Hell | (1986) | |
Heroes in Hell | (1986) | |
The Gates of Hell | (1986) | |
Masters in Hell | (1987) | |
Kings in Hell | (1987) | |
Crusaders in Hell | (1987) | |
Legions of Hell | (1987) | |
Angels in Hell | (1987) | |
The Little Helliad | (1988) | |
War in Hell | (1988) | |
Prophets in Hell | (1989) | |
Explorers in Hell | (1989) | |
Bridge Over Hell | (2009) | |
Lawyers in Hell | (2011) | |
Rogues in Hell | (2012) | |
Dreamers in Hell | (2013) | |
Poets in Hell | (2014) | |
Doctors in Hell | (2015) | |
Hell Bound | (2015) | |
Pirates in Hell | (2017) | |
Lovers in Hell | (2018) | |
Mystics in Hell | (2021) | |
Liars in Hell | (2022) | |
Monsters in Hell | (2024) | |
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Chronological Order of Heroes in Hell Books
Heroes in Hell | (1986) | |
The Gates of Hell | (1986) | |
Rebels In Hell | (1986) | |
Kings in Hell | (1987) | |
Crusaders in Hell | (1987) | |
Legions of Hell | (1987) | |
Angels in Hell | (1987) | |
Masters in Hell | (1987) | |
The Little Helliad | (1988) | |
War in Hell | (1988) | |
Prophets in Hell | (1989) | |
Explorers in Hell | (1989) | |
Lawyers in Hell | (2011) | |
Rogues in Hell | (2012) | |
Bridge Over Hell | (2009) | |
Dreamers in Hell | (2013) | |
Poets in Hell | (2014) | |
Doctors in Hell | (2015) | |
Hell Bound | (2015) | |
Pirates in Hell | (2017) | |
Lovers in Hell | (2018) | |
Mystics in Hell | (2021) | |
Liars in Hell | (2022) | |
Monsters in Hell | (2024) |
Publication Order of Honorverse Books
On Basilisk Station | (1992) | |
The Honor of the Queen | (1993) | |
The Short Victorious War | (1994) | |
Field of Dishonor | (1994) | |
Flag in Exile | (1995) | |
Honor Among Enemies | (1996) | |
In Enemy Hands | (1997) | |
“A Beautiful Friendship” | (1998) | |
“A Whiff of Grapeshot” | (1998) | |
“A Grand Tour” | (1998) | |
Echoes of Honor | (1998) | |
“The Stray” | (1999) | |
“What Price Dreams?” | (1999) | |
“The Hard Way Home” | (1999) | |
“Queen’s Gambit” | (1999) | |
“Deck Load Strike” | (1999) | |
Ashes of Victory | (2000) | |
“Changer of Worlds” | (2001) | |
“Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington” | (2001) | |
“From the Highlands” | (2001) | |
“Nightfall” | (2001) | |
War of Honor | (2002) | |
“Promised Land” | (2003) | |
“With One Stone” | (2003) | |
“A Ship Named Francis” | (2003) | |
“Let’s Go to Prague” | (2003) | |
“Fanatic” | (2003) | |
“The Service of the Sword” | (2003) | |
Crown of Slaves | (2003) | |
The Shadow of Saganami | (2004) | |
At All Costs | (2005) | |
Storm from the Shadows | (2009) | |
Torch of Freedom | (2009) | |
Mission of Honor | (2010) | |
“Ruthless” | (2011) | |
“Let’s Dance” | (2011) | |
“An Act of War” | (2011) | |
A Beautiful Friendship | (2011) | |
A Rising Thunder | (2012) | |
Fire Season | (2012) | |
Shadow of Freedom | (2013) | |
“I Will Build a House of Steel” | (2013) | |
“By the Book” | (2013) | |
“Beauty and the Beast” | (2013) | |
“The Best Laid Plans” | (2013) | |
“Obligated Service” | (2013) | |
“A Call to Arms” | (2013) | |
Treecat Wars | (2013) | |
Cauldron of Ghosts | (2014) | |
A Call to Duty | (2014) | |
A Call to Arms | (2015) | |
Shadow of Victory | (2016) | |
“Our Sacred Honor” | (2017) | |
A Call to Vengeance | (2018) | |
Dark Fall | (2018) |
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Uncompromising Honor | (2018) | |
“Recruiting Exercise” | (2019) | |
To End in Fire | (2021) | |
A Call to Insurrection | (2022) | |
| Books in parentheses are short stories found in collections or anthologies. | |
Chronological Order of Honorverse Books
“By the Book” | (2013) | |
“A Beautiful Friendship” | (1998) | |
A Beautiful Friendship | (2011) | |
“The Stray” | (1999) | |
Fire Season | (2012) | |
Treecat Wars | (2013) | |
A Call to Duty | (2014) | |
A Call to Arms | (2015) | |
“A Call to Arms” | (2013) | |
A Call to Vengeance | (2018) | |
“What Price Dreams?” | (1999) | |
“Beauty and the Beast” | (2013) | |
“I Will Build a House of Steel” | (2013) | |
“Our Sacred Honor” | (2017) | |
“The Best Laid Plans” | (2013) | |
“Recruiting Exercise” | (2019) | |
“Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington” | (2001) | |
“Queen’s Gambit” | (1999) | |
“The Hard Way Home” | (1999) | |
“Promised Land” | (2003) | |
“Ruthless” | (2011) | |
“Let’s Dance” | (2011) | |
On Basilisk Station | (1992) | |
“With One Stone” | (2003) | |
The Honor of the Queen | (1993) | |
The Short Victorious War | (1994) | |
Field of Dishonor | (1994) | |
“A Grand Tour” | (1998) | |
“Deck Load Strike” | (1999) | |
Flag in Exile | (1995) | |
“A Ship Named Francis” | (2003) | |
Honor Among Enemies | (1996) | |
“Changer of Worlds” | (2001) | |
“A Whiff of Grapeshot” | (1998) | |
In Enemy Hands | (1997) | |
Echoes of Honor | (1998) | |
“Let’s Go to Prague” | (2003) | |
Ashes of Victory | (2000) | |
“An Act of War” | (2011) | |
“From the Highlands” | (2001) | |
“Nightfall” | (2001) | |
“Fanatic” | (2003) | |
“The Service of the Sword” | (2003) | |
War of Honor | (2002) | |
Crown of Slaves | (2003) | |
Torch of Freedom | (2009) | |
The Shadow of Saganami | (2004) | |
At All Costs | (2005) | |
Storm from the Shadows | (2009) | |
Mission of Honor | (2010) | |
“Obligated Service” | (2013) | |
A Rising Thunder | (2012) | |
Shadow of Freedom | (2013) | |
Cauldron of Ghosts | (2014) | |
Shadow of Victory | (2016) | |
Uncompromising Honor | (2018) | |
A Call to Insurrection | (2022) | |
To End in Fire | (2021) | |
Dark Fall | (2018) |
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Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
The Barrow Troll | (1975) |
Publication Order of Car Warriors Books
GURPS Autoduel | (1986) | |
The Square Deal | (1992) | |
Double Jeopardy | (1994) | |
Back from Hell | (1999) | |
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Publication Order of The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF Books
(with Joe R. Lansdale, Sharon Lee, Brendan DuBois, David Weber, David Brin, Sarah Pinsker, Brad R. Torgersen, David Afsharirad)
The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF 2015 | (2016) |
Publication Order of Worlds of Honor Books
More Than Honor | (1998) | |
Worlds of Honor | (1999) | |
Changer of Worlds | (2001) | |
The Service of the Sword | (2003) | |
In Fire Forged | (2011) | |
Beginnings | (2013) | |
What Price Victory? | (2023) | |
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Publication Order of Ranks of Bronze Books
Ranks of Bronze | (1986) | |
Foreign Legions | (2001) | |
The Excalibur Alternative | (2001) | |
| Foreign Legions is a novella collection. | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Nameless Places | (1975) | |
The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series IV | (1976) | |
Frights | (1976) | |
Whispers | (1977) | |
The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series V | (1977) | |
Rivals Of Dracula | (1977) | |
The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI | (1978) | |
Chrysalis Volume 2 | (1978) | |
The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series XII | (1984) | |
Free Lancers | (1987) | |
Robert Adams’ Book of Soldiers | (1988) | |
A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling | (1989) | |
The Far Stars War | (1990) | |
Power | (1991) | |
Cats in Space… and Other Places | (1992) | |
Battlestations | (1992) | |
Honor of the Regiment | (1993) | |
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | (1993) | |
The Vanguard | (1993) | |
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories | (1995) | |
Tapestries | (1995) | |
The Warmasters | (2002) | |
Mountain Magic | (2004) | |
The World Turned Upside Down | (2005) | |
Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology | (2006) | |
The Space Opera Renaissance | (2006) | |
The Best of Jim Baen’s Universe | (2007) | |
This Is My Funniest 2 | (2007) | |
The Book of Cthulhu | (2011) | |
The Fleet | (2011) | |
The Mammoth Book of SF Wars | (2012) | |
Shadows of the New Sun | (2013) | |
Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 | (2013) | |
The Baen Big Book of Monsters | (2014) | |
Worst Contact | (2016) | |
The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF 2015 | (2016) | |
The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF Volume 3 | (2017) | |
Infinite Stars | (2017) | |
Space Pioneers | (2018) | |
Give Me LibertyCon | (2020) | |
Weird World War III | (2020) | |
Bullet Points 2 | (2022) | |
Blood, Sweat, and Steel: Tales of Future Combat and Mechanized Warfare | (2023) |