
TOP AUTHORS PAY TRIBUTE TO A MASTER David Drake has left an indelible mark on the science fiction & fantasy genres He is considered the Grand Master of Military Science Fiction Now top authors in the field pay tribute to the man & his work in this all-new collection of stories & essays Contains two new stories by David Drake including the first new Hammer’s Slammers story in a decade! David Drake has left an indelible mark on the science fiction & fantasy genres In this all-original collection a stellar line-up of writers pays tribute to him with stories as broad in range as his own fiction Each one comes with an illuminating afterword explaining the connection of the story to Drake & his work In Eric Flint’s A Flat Affect a king is no match for a pair of storytellers Gene Wolfe takes us to a strange & wondrous future in Incubator Larry Correia examines what it s like to face Hammer s Slammers from The Losing Side SM Stirling offers an insider s view of Working with Dave or Inmates in Bellevue Mur Lafferty shows what happens when a fairy visitor receives an unexpected welcome in The Crate Warrior the Doppelganger & the Idea Woman The book also features two new pieces from Drake himself The Great Wizard Cabbage a comic historical fantasy & Save What You Can the first new Hammer s Slammers story in nearly a decade! With more stories from editor Mark L Van Name Cecelia Holland TC Mc Carthy Barry N Malzberg Sarah Hoyt Tony Daniel John Lambshead Hank Davis Eric S Brown & Sarah Van Name as well as appreciations from Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf & Tor founder & Publisher Tom Doherty Onward Drake! is a collection that fans of Drake s fiction & anyone who enjoys a good story will not want to miss!