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With a veteran's eye for the harsh and gritty details of war, David Drake depicts a futuristic analog of tank combat in his Hammer's Slammers fiction. The Slammers are neither cartoon heroes nor propaganda villains; rather they are competent professionals engaged in a deadly business. The inevitable conflicts between policy, necessity, and human nature make Drake's Slammers fiction instantly identifiable and utterly compelling.

This is the first of a three volume set presenting for the first time the entire genre-defining Slammers series in a uniform trade paperback set, with new introductions by major SF figures and new afterwords. Each volume will also include a Slammers story not collected in previous Slammer's books.

Table of Contents:

• The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 - interior artwork by John Treadaway
• 1 - Introduction (The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1) - (2005) - essay by Gene Wolfe
• 5 - Foreword: Becoming a Professional Writer by Way of Southeast Asia - (1998) - essay (variant of Becoming a Professional Writer by Way of Southeast Asia)
• 9 - Under the Hammer - (1974) - short story
• 25 - Supertanks - (1979) - essay
• 29 - The Butcher's Bill - (1974) - novelette
• 45 - The Church of the Lord's Universe - (1979) - essay
• 47 - But Loyal to His Own - (1975) - novelette
• 67 - Powerguns - (1979) - essay
• 71 - Caught in the Crossfire - (1978) - short story
• 83 - Backdrop to Chaos - (1979) - essay
• 87 - Cultural Conflict - (1979) - short story
• 101 - The Bonding Authority - (1979) - essay
• 105 - Hangman - (1979) - novella
• 147 - Table of Organization and Equipment, Hammer's Regiment - (1979) - essay
• 149 - Standing Down - (1979) - novelette
• 163 - Code-Name Feirefitz - (1984) - novelette
• 189 - The Interrogation Team - (1985) - short story
• 201 - The Tank Lords - (1986) - novella
• 237 - Liberty Port - (1987) - novella
• 289 - Night March - (1997) - novelette
• 305 - The Immovable Object - (1998) - novelette
• 337 - The Irresistible Force - (1998) - novella
• 373 - A Death in Peacetime - (2005) - novelette
• 391 - Afterword: Accidentally and by the Back Door (The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1) - essay

This Omni-trade paperback volume collects the first four novels in the series: At Any Price, Counting the Cost, Rolling Hot, and The Warrior-all have been out of print and unavailable for several years...

Neither stainless white knights nor bloodthirsty killers, the Slammers are competent professionals, with recognizable human flaws, engaged in a deadly business. Their internal conflicts, set against vivid scenes of battle, make their stories exciting and compelling.

This is the second of the three volume set presenting for the first time the entire genre-defining Slammers series in uniform Omni-trade paperback volumes, with new introductions by major SF figures and new afterwords. Each volume will also include a Slammers story not collected in previous Slammer's books.

Table of Contents:

• The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 2 - interior artwork by John Treadaway
• 1 - In Defense of David Drakes's Hammer's Slammers Stories: An Introduction (The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 2) - (2005) - essay by David G. Hartwell
• 5 - Foreword: We Happy Few (The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 2) - (1997) - essay (variant of Afterword: We Happy Few (The Tank Lords))
• 9 - At Any Price - (1985) - novel
• 109 - Counting the Cost - [Hammer's Slammers - 3] - (1987) - novel
• 229 - Rolling Hot - [Hammer's Slammers - 4] - (1989) - novel
• 379 - The Warrior - [Hammer's Slammers - 5] - (1991) - novel
• 481 - The Day of Glory - (2006) - novelette
• 503 - Afterword: What's for Sale (The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 2) - essay

This volume features the final two Slammers novels, The Sharp End and Paying the Piper, as well as an original novelette, The Darkness. This volume will feature an introduction by Barry Malzberg.

Table of Contents:

• 1 - Inextricable Disengagement: The War Games of David Drake: An Introduction - (2005) - essay by Barry N. Malzberg
• 5 - The Sharp End - [Hammer's Slammers - 6] - (1993) - novel
• 231 - Paying the Piper - [Hammer's Slammers - 7] - (2002) - collection
• 232 - Choosing Sides - (2002) - novella
• 290 - The Political Process - (2002) - novella
• 377 - Neck or Nothing - (2002) - novella
• 483 - The Darkness - (2006) - novelette
• 511 - Jim - (2007) - essay