he Third of Three Volumes Collecting the Complete Best-Selling Series That Rocketed David Drake to Military Science Fiction Stardom This Omni-Trade paperback volume collects the two full-length novels The Sharp End & Paying the Piper plus “ The Darkness” a novelette which has not appeared in previous Slammers books The Hammers are very flawed & imperfect human beings—but they know their jobs & they get those jobs done one way or another If your nation or your planet is under attack & you want plaster saints to save the day well lots of luck & it’s been nice knowing you But if you really want your chestnuts pulled out of the fire hire Colonel Hammer’s troops They’ll never win a beauty contest or even a consolation price for “most congenial” but they’ll win the war—because they’re the best They’re Hammer’s Slammers This is the third of a three volume set presenting for the first time the entire genre-defining Slammers series in uniform Omni-trade paperback volumes with new introductions by major SF figures & new afterwords by David Drake Each volume will also include a Slammers story not collected in previous Slammer’s books Meet the Author David Drake was attending when he was drafted He served the next two years in the Army spending 1970 as an enlisted interrogator with the 11th armored Cavalry in & Upon return he completed his law degree at Duke & was for eight years Assistant Town Attorney for He has been a full-time freelance writer since 1981 Besides the best-selling Hammer’s Slammers series his books for Baen include the popular Leary of the RCN series with seven volumes so far With the Lightnings; Lt Leary Commanding; The Far Side of the Stars; The Way to Glory; Some Golden Harbor When the Tide Rises & In the Stormy Red Sky His “ Lord of the Isles” fantasy novels for Tor are genre best sellers Among his other Baen titles are Ranks of Bronze All the Way to the Gallows Redliners & many more