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=== Selected Other Works ===

* ''[[Ranks of Bronze]]'': The campaigns of an ~~ancient~~ Roman Legion captured by aliens ~~who~~ ~~survive~~ as a mercenary army used on low-tech planets.

* ''[[Ranks of Bronze]]'': The campaigns of a Republican-period Roman Legion captured by aliens and surviving as a mercenary army used on low-tech planets.

* ''Patriots'': Sci-fi retelling of Ethan Allen's capture of the British Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War.

** From David Drake's website: "There were other interesting things about Allen. While unquestionably violent, neither he nor the violent men under his command killed anybody. That's really remarkable. Taking Allen as a model, I wrote a book in which nobody is killed (which a lot of people will find remarkable also)."

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"Type? He's a ''type''?"

"Like the Mars Diamond is a type. It's just that all the others aren't flawless and weigh 32 pounds."}}

** The [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] in ''Patriots'' is when the [[Expy]] of Benedict Arnold is tricked into running into a room ... and falling into a '''deep''' pit toilet. After he's fished out, a recording of all this will be used to blackmail him into not betraying the main characters.

** The [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] in ''Patriots'' is when the [[Expy]] of Benedict Arnold is tricked into running into a room ... and falling into a '''deep''' pit toilet. After he's fished out of the liquid crap, a recording of all this will be used to blackmail him into not betraying the main characters (something so embarrassing would kill his chances of seeking political office).

{{quote|"Holy sh--" Finch screamed.

There was a loud plop. A brown geyser spouted above the floor and sank back.}}

* ''[[The Books Of The Elements]]'': [[Roman Empire|Ancient Rome]] [[Recycled in Space|With Magic]]!

* ''[[The Books Of The Elements]]'': [[Roman Empire|Ancient Rome]] [[Recycled in Space|With Magic]]! Except that the name "Rome" is replaced with "Carce," a nod to ''[[The Worm Ouroboros]]''. Other place, ethnic, and in some cases personal names remain the same; so for instance, [[Gaius Julius Caesar]] was a great '''Carcean''' general who defeated the Gauls and became dictator.

* [[Redliners]]: Science fiction story of a burnt out elite unit assigned to guard involuntary colonists on a [[Death World]]. In a weird way, it mixes a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] with [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]] by taking [[War Is Hell]] to its logical conclusion--what do you do with, and how can you help, the [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]], when the war is over?

* ''Forlorn Hope'' - Sci-fi foreign mercenaries fight their way out of encirclement and then fight their way off-world when their employers betray them.

* ''The Forlorn Hope'': Sci-fi foreign mercenaries fight their way out of encirclement and then fight their way off-world when their employers betray them. [[Xenophon]]'s ''[[Anabasis]]'' a.k.a. ''The March Up Country'' [[Recycled in Space]].

* ''All the Way to the Gallows'' - ~~Gallows~~ humor short stories. Includes

* ''All the Way to the Gallows'': Gallows-humor short stories. Includes

** ''Mom and the Kids'' with L. Niven.

** "Mom and the Kids" with [[Larry Niven]].

** ''The Noble Savages'' - sci-fi sendup of special ~~ops~~ ~~force~~ operating under [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]].

** "The Noble Savages", a sci-fi sendup about special operations police operating under [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]].

** ''A Very Offensive Weapon~~'':~~ ~~Novella~~ in which Fantasy Quest tropes are mercilessly slaughtered.

** "A Very Offensive Weapon" is a novella in which Fantasy Quest tropes are mercilessly slaughtered.

* ''Vettius and Friends'': Short stories of gritty fantasy around the time of Ancient Rome.

* ''Killer'': [[Alien]] like aliens come up against retired veteran of the Roman Gladiatorial games. Veteran trained killer vs natural born killers. Think ''Predator vs Aliens'' without the sci-fi equipment.

* ''Killer'': [[Alien]]-like aliens come up against a retired veteran of the Roman Gladiatorial games. Veteran trained killer vs natural born killers. Think ''Predator vs Aliens'' without the sci-fi equipment.

* ''The Dragon Lord'' - Gritty retelling of the story of [[King Arthur]]; Drake described the personality of his Arthur as a cross between Alexander the Great and [[Adolf Hitler]].

* ''The Dragon Lord'': Gritty retelling of the story of [[King Arthur]]; Drake described the personality of his Arthur as a cross between Alexander the Great and [[Adolf Hitler]].

** This novel was originally intended as a pastiche novel of Robert E. Howard's historical adventure character Cormac Mac Art. Drake re-wrote it when the pastiche was declined.

* The March Up Country: Xenophon [[Recycled in Space]].

[http://www.david-drake.com/bibliography.html Full Bibliography] at David Drake's website. Not quite up to date at the time of this writing (Mar, 2009).

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* The ''[[Belisarius Series]]''

* ''[[The General]]'' series

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Adele Mundy from the [[RCN Series]], Joachim Steuben from ''[[Hammer's Slammers]]'', Hussein ben Mehdi from ''The Forlorn Hope'', Stephen Gregg from ''The Reaches''.... And that's not counting how, in ''The General'' and its follow-ons, Center can augment someone's marksmanship to levels that leave hardened soldiers staring in awe.