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Authors: David Drake

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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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Birds of Prey

Bridgehead

Cross the Stars

The Dragon Lord

The Forlorn Hope

Fortress

From the Heart of Darkness

Goddess of the Ice Realm

The Jungle

Killer
(with Karl Edward Wagner)

Patriots

Skyripper

Tyrannosaur

The Voyage

 

L
ORD OF THE
I
SLES
S
ERIES

Lord of the Isles

Mistress of the Catacombs

Queen of Demons

Servant of the Dragon

Goddess of the Ice Realm

Master of the Cauldron

Fortress of Glass

 

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

About the Author

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Copyright

 

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

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