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Also by David Drake:

The Serpent, July 2021
Hardcover
Monsters Of The Earth B00C74OYRC, September 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
The Gods Return, November 2008
Hardcover
The Mirror of Worlds, November 2008
Paperback
Destiny's Shield, June 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Fortune's Stroke, June 2006
Paperback (reprint)
The Dance of Time, February 2006
Hardcover
Mountain Magic, October 2004
Paperback
The Warmasters, April 2004
Paperback (reprint)
The Tyrant, September 2003
Paperback (reprint)
Tide of Victory, October 2002
Paperback (reprint)
In the Heart of Darkness, August 1998
Paperback
An Oblique Approach, July 1998
Paperback
More than Honor, January 1998
Paperback (reprint)

Also by Eric Flint:

1637: The French Correction, April 2026
Mass Market Paperback
An Angel Called Peterbilt, February 2025
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
1637: The Transylvanian Decision, November 2023
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
1638: The Sovereign States, September 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
To End in Fire, October 2021
Hardcover
Grantville Gazette IX, July 2021
Hardcover
1636: The Atlantic Encounter, August 2020
Trade Size / e-Book
1636: The Atlantic Encounter, August 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
1635: A Parcel of Rogues, January 2016
Hardcover
Ring of Fire II, January 2008
Hardcover
1634: The Ram Rebellion (The Ring of Fire), December 2007
Mass Market Paperback
Grantville Gazette II (The Ring of Fire), November 2007
Mass Market Paperback
1634: The Bavarian Crisis (The Ring of Fire), October 2007
Hardcover
1634: The Baltic War, May 2007
Hardcover
Rats, the Bats and the Ugly, August 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Trouble with Aliens, August 2006
Hardcover
1634: The Galileo Affair, July 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Destiny's Shield, June 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Fortune's Stroke, June 2006
Paperback (reprint)
1634: The Ram Rebellion, April 2006
Hardcover
Boundary, March 2006
Hardcover
The Dance of Time, February 2006
Hardcover
Wizard of Karres, December 2005
Paperback (reprint)
Ring of Fire, October 2005
Paperback (reprint)
This Rough Magic, May 2005
Paperback (reprint)
Crown of Slaves, March 2005
Paperback (reprint)
The Course of Empire, March 2005
Paperback (reprint)
Mountain Magic, October 2004
Paperback
The Warmasters, April 2004
Paperback (reprint)
The Shadow Of The Lion, September 2003
Paperback (reprint)
The Tyrant, September 2003
Paperback (reprint)
Forward the Mage, August 2003
Paperback (reprint)
1633, July 2003
Paperback (reprint)
Pyramid Scheme, February 2003
Paperback (reprint)
Tide of Victory, October 2002
Paperback (reprint)
Philosophical Strangler, March 2002
Paperback (reprint)
Rats, Bats & Vats, August 2001
Paperback (reprint)
1632, February 2001
Paperback (reprint)
In the Heart of Darkness, August 1998
Paperback
An Oblique Approach, July 1998
Paperback
Mother of Demons, September 1997
Paperback

FORTUNE'S STROKE
By: David Drake, Eric Flint

Belisarius Series, #4
Baen
June 2006
512 pages
ISBN: 0671319981
Paperback (reprint)
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Fantasy Historical

Link, the supercomputer from a future that should not exist, has used terror and gunpowder weapons to forge the Malwa Empire: harnassing the vast manpower of the Indian subcontinent and using the barbarian races of the periphery to bind the whole together. No power on Earth in the 6th century could stand against Link's evil.

Aide, a human soul embodied in a jewel, has come back to halt evil's progress. Aide has no power but that of truth, but truth is the only power that could move the greatest general of the age, Belisarius.

With his sword, his paladins, and his genius, Belisarius has turned the armies of Byzantium into a weapon capable of blunting the first assault of the Malwa hordes. Now, supported by allies from all the world yet free, Belisarius, with his wife and co-commander Antonia, faces overwhelming Malwa numbers in a ring that tightens about them.

There is no room for maneuver and no safety in defeat. The armies of Good and Evil gathered on the fertile plains of Mesopotamia will decide the fate of the world—

And the fate of all the future!