David Weber is the science fiction phenomenon of the decade. His
Honor Harrington novels (The New York Times bestseller Ashes of
Victory being the ninth and latest) can't come out fast enough for his
devoted readers. With Steve White, he has co-authored a top-selling series
of space adventures set in the Starfire game universe, The Shiva Option
being the latest. Weber's science fiction novels, all for Baen,
include Mutineers' Moon, The Armageddon Inheritance, Heirs of Empire,
and Path of the Fury—and of course the entire Honor Harrington
series. He has also begun an epic fantasy series with Oath of Swords
and its sequel, The War God's Own. He is married and lives in
South Carolina.
Vietnam veteran, former lawyer, and now famous author of the
bestselling Hammer's Slammers novels and many more blockbuster novels,
David Drake tells a military story like no other. His thousands of
readers know that he can take them where no one else can, with
gut-wrenching description that puts them in the midst of battlefield
action and face-to-face with the enemy. Drake graduated Phi Beta Kappa
from the University of Iowa, majoring in history (with honors) and Latin.
His stint at Duke University Law School was interrupted for two years by
the U.S. Army, where he served as an enlisted interrogator with the llth
Armored Cavalry in Vietnam and Cambodia. Drake has a wife, a son, and
various pets.
Eric Flint is a gifted new star of military and alternate history
SE His first novel for Baen, Mother of Demons, was picked by
Science Fiction Chronicle as a best novel of the year. His alternate
history novel, 1632, sold out its first printing almost immediately
and received lavish critical praise. With David Drake he has collaborated
on five novels in the acclaimed "Belisarius" series. His latest novel for
Baen is the fantasy adventure The Philosophical Strangles A
longtime labor union activist with a degree (Phi Beta Kappa) in African
history, he currently resides in northwest Indiana with his wife Lucille.
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