The Forlorn Hope (34 page)
Authors: David Drake
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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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
FORLORN HOPE
Copyright © 1984 by David Drake
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ISBN-13: 978-0-765-35646-8
ISBN-10: 0-765-35646-5
First edition: January 1984
Second edition: March 1991
Third edition: September 2006
eISBN 9780765387073
First eBook edition: July 2015