Empire from the Ashes
Author | David Weber |
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Cover artist | David Mattingly |
Language | English |
Series | Dahak series |
Genre | space opera/military science fiction |
Publisher | Baen Books |
Publication date | March 2003 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
ISBN | 0-7434-3593-1 |
OCLC | 51003775 |
813/.54 21 | |
LC Class | PS3573.E217 E47 2003 |
Empire from the Ashes is an omnibus collection of science fiction novels by American writer David Weber.[1]
Published in 2003 by Baen Books,[2] it is an omnibus reissue of Weber's Dahak trilogy, including Mutineers' Moon, The Armageddon Inheritance and Heirs of Empire.[1]
Plot
The trilogy's protagonist is Colin MacIntyre, who is on a routine training flight over the Moon when it reveals itself to be Dahak, a self-aware space battle planetoid millennia old. MacIntyre and Dahak defeat Dahak's previous enemies and restore a galactic empire.
See also
- Moonfall (film), a 2022 American science fiction film about the Moon being a spaceship from a fallen human civilization that seeded the Earth with humanity
References
- ^ a b "Empire from the Ashes by David Weber". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ "Empire from the Ashes by David Weber". Baen Publishing Enterprises. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
External links
- An excerpt of Empire from the Ashes is available for download or reading online at the Baen Free Library here. The whole novel can be found here.
- On January 8, 2014, David Weber stated on his official forums that there are "two Dahak sequels I have plotted out", although there is no planned release date.