From the Heart of Darkness (38 page)

David Drake
(born 1945) sold his first story (a fantasy) at age 20. His undergraduate majors at the University of Iowa were history (with honors) and Latin (BA, 1967). He uses his training in both subjects extensively in his fiction. David entered Duke Law School in 1967 and graduated five years later (JD, 1972). The delay was caused by his being drafted into the US Army. He served in 1970 as an enlisted interrogator with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the Blackhorse, in Viet Nam and Cambodia. He has used his legal and particularly his military experiences extensively in his fiction also. David practiced law for eight years; drove a city bus for one year; and has been a full-time freelance writer since 1981, writing such novels as
Out of the Waters
and
Monsters of the Earth.
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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Acknowledgments

Dedication

Introduction

Men Like Us

Something Had to be Done

The Automatic Rifleman

Than Curse the Darkness

Firefight

The Red Leer

The Shortest Way

Best of Luck

Dragons' Teeth

Out of Africa

The Dancer in the Flames

Smokie Joe

Children of the Forest

Blood Debt

The Barrow Troll

The Hunting Ground

About the Author

Copyright

FROM THE HEART OF DARKNESS

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

Introduction copyright © by Karl Edward Wagner

Other contents copyright © 1983 by David Drake

All rights reserved.

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ISBN: 812-53-607-X

CAN. ED. 812-53-608-8

eISBN 9780765387080

First eBook edition: July 2015