The Year’s Best of Military SF & Space Opera Stories Book One of a new Series featuring the best stories of the year from the top magazine & online venues with a military & adventure science fiction theme PLUS Interactive Reader Voting for Best Story in Collection! Award presented at Dragon Con in Summer 2015 With an introduction by best-selling military science fiction author David Drake & selected by editor David Afsharirad from the top short story markets in the field here are the most thrilling pulse-pounding & thought-provoking stories of the past year Stories of future military men & women space opera on a grand scale & edge-of-your-seat adventure tales in the pulp tradition from giants of the genre to brilliant up-&-comers Plus you be the judge! INTERACTIVE READER VOTING One story from this collection will be chosen via proctored on-line voting as Year&s Best Military SF & Space Opera with the award to be presented at Dragon Con in September 2015 For more information go to Baen About The Year&s Best Military SF & Space Opera" This intriguing anthology explores the human race’s violent potential but also bends toward exploration & the triumph of the human spirit with brave tales that take the reader on a fascinating thought-provoking enjoyable journey "— Publishers Weekly (starred review) Contributors Brad R Torgersen Michael Z Williamson Charlie Jane Anders Linda Nagata Seth Dickinson William Ledbetter Eric Leif Davin David D Levine Stephen Gaskell Michael Barretta Derek Kunsken Holly Black Robert R Chase Matthew Johnson Meet the Author Editor David Afsharirad lives in Austin Texas He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas & North Carolina State University where he earned an MFA in creative writing A life-long reader & writer of short fiction his stories have appeared in various magazines & journals He is also an editor of the online lit magazine PINBALL