Author · updated 2026
David Drake Books in Order
Every David Drake book in publication order — 130 in total, spanning 1979–2019.
Publication Order of Time of Heroes Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Spark | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Storm | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Hammer's Slammers Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hammer's Slammers | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | At Any Price | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Counting the Cost | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Rolling Hot | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Warrior | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Sharp End | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Paying the Piper | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 2 | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 3 | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Hammerverse Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Forlorn Hope | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Cross The Stars | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Voyage | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Tom Kelly Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skyripper | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Fortress | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Ranks Of Bronze Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranks of Bronze | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Heroes In Hell Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masters in Hell | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Explorers in Hell | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of World Of Crystal Walls Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sea Hag | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Starhunters Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Men Hunting Things | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Things Hunting Men | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Bluebloods | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Thieves' World Novels Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dagger | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Crisis of Empire Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Honorable Defense | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The War Machine | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Crown of Empire | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Northworld Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northworld | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Vengeance | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Justice | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Seas of Venus Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surface Action | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Jungle | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Raj Whitehall/The General Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Forge | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Hammer | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Anvil | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Steel | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Sword | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Chosen | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Reformer | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Tyrant | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Heretic | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Savior | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Car Warriors Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Square Deal | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of War and Honor Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blood and War | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Reaches Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Igniting the Reaches | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Through the Breach | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Fireships | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of ARC Riders Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARC Riders | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Fourth Rome | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Lord of the Isles Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lord of the Isles | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Queen of Demons | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Servant of the Dragon | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Mistress of the Catacombs | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Goddess of the Ice Realm | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Master of the Cauldron | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Belisarius Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Oblique Approach | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | In the Heart of Darkness | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Destiny's Shield | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Fortune's Stroke | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Tide of Victory | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Dance of Time | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Lt. Leary / RCN Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With the Lightnings | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Lt. Leary, Commanding | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Far Side of the Stars | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Way to Glory | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Some Golden Harbor | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | When the Tide Rises | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | In the Stormy Red Sky | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | What Distant Deeps | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Road of Danger | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Sea Without a Shore | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Death's Bright Day | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Though Hell Should Bar the Way | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | To Clear Away the Shadows | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Crown Of The Isles Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fortress of Glass | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Mirror of Worlds | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Gods Return | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Books of the Elements Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Legions of Fire | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Out of the Waters | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Monsters of the Earth | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Air and Darkness | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Citizen Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Into the Hinterlands | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Into the Maelstrom | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Fleet Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Counter Attack | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Fleet | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Breakthrough | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Sworn Allies | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Total War | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Crisis | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Battlestations Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Battlestations | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Vanguard | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dragon Lord | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Birds of Prey | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Killer | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Active Measures | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Strangers and Lovers | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Bridgehead | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Lacey and His Friends | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Kill Ratio | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Vettius and His Friends | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Undesired Princess and the Enchanted Bunny | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Hunter Returns | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Old Nathan | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Starliner | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Tyrannosaur | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Enemy of My Enemy | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Patriots | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Redliners | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Other Times Than Peace | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Voyage Across the Stars | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Dinosaurs & a Dirigible | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time Safari | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | From the Heart of Darkness | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Military Dimension | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Military Dimension Mark II | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | All the Way to the Gallows | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Grimmer Than Hell | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Balefires | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | NightDemons | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Window of Opportunity | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Book of Cthulhu Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Book of Cthulhu | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Power | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Cats in Space... and Other Places | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Foreign Legions | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Warmasters | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Mountain Magic | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Lest Darkness Fall & Related Stories | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Book of Cthulhu | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 130, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hammer's Slammers | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Dragon Lord | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Time Safari | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Skyripper | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | From the Heart of Darkness | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Forlorn Hope | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Cross The Stars | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Birds of Prey | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Window of Opportunity | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | At Any Price | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Killer | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Active Measures | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Strangers and Lovers | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Ranks of Bronze | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Bridgehead | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Lacey and His Friends | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Counting the Cost | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Fortress | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Masters in Hell | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Kill Ratio | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Sea Hag | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Men Hunting Things | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Things Hunting Men | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Dagger | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | An Honorable Defense | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Counter Attack | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | The Fleet | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Rolling Hot | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Explorers in Hell | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The War Machine | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Breakthrough | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Vettius and His Friends | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Bluebloods | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Northworld | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Surface Action | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Sworn Allies | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Total War | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | The Undesired Princess and the Enchanted Bunny | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Warrior | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Vengeance | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | The Forge | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Crisis | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The Hunter Returns | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Old Nathan | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | The Military Dimension | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Power | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Justice | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | The Jungle | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | The Hammer | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | The Square Deal | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | Battlestations | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Starliner | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | Cats in Space... and Other Places | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | The Sharp End | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | The Anvil | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | The Steel | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | Blood and War | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | The Vanguard | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | The Voyage | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | Igniting the Reaches | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | Tyrannosaur | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | The Sword | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Through the Breach | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | ARC Riders | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | Enemy of My Enemy | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | The Military Dimension Mark II | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | The Chosen | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | Fireships | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 70 | The Fourth Rome | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 71 | Patriots | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 72 | Redliners | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 73 | All the Way to the Gallows | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 74 | Lord of the Isles | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 75 | Queen of Demons | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 76 | An Oblique Approach | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 77 | In the Heart of Darkness | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 78 | With the Lightnings | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 79 | The Reformer | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 80 | Servant of the Dragon | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 81 | Destiny's Shield | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 82 | Fortune's Stroke | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 83 | Lt. Leary, Commanding | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 84 | Mistress of the Catacombs | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 85 | The Tide of Victory | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 86 | Foreign Legions | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 87 | Paying the Piper | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 88 | The Tyrant | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 89 | The Warmasters | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 90 | Goddess of the Ice Realm | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 91 | The Far Side of the Stars | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 92 | Grimmer Than Hell | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 93 | Master of the Cauldron | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 94 | Mountain Magic | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 95 | The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 96 | The Way to Glory | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 97 | The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 2 | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 98 | The Dance of Time | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 99 | Some Golden Harbor | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 100 | The Fortress of Glass | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 101 | Other Times Than Peace | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 102 | The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 3 | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 103 | The Mirror of Worlds | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 104 | Balefires | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 105 | When the Tide Rises | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 106 | The Gods Return | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 107 | In the Stormy Red Sky | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 108 | What Distant Deeps | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 109 | The Legions of Fire | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 110 | Out of the Waters | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 111 | Into the Hinterlands | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 112 | The Book of Cthulhu | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 113 | Lest Darkness Fall & Related Stories | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 114 | The Book of Cthulhu | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 115 | Crown of Empire | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 116 | The Road of Danger | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 117 | Voyage Across the Stars | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 118 | NightDemons | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 119 | The Heretic | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 120 | Monsters of the Earth | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 121 | The Savior | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 122 | The Sea Without a Shore | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 123 | Dinosaurs & a Dirigible | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 124 | Air and Darkness | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 125 | Into the Maelstrom | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 126 | Death's Bright Day | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 127 | The Spark | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 128 | Though Hell Should Bar the Way | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 129 | The Storm | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 130 | To Clear Away the Shadows | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
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