 the general (also known as the raj whitehall series, after the lead character) is a set of military science fiction books written by s.m. stirling from an outline by david drake. clearly inspired by the byzantine commander belisarius, the series shares numerous common elements with the more recent belisarius series by drake and eric flint. ==books== warlord, conqueror, the chosen, the reformer, and the tyrant are available online, for free, at the fifth imperium website in the when the tide rises cd. ===original series=== ;bellevue series centering on raj ammenda halgern da luis whitehall written by s.m. stirling and david drake. # the forge (1991) # the hammer (1992) # the anvil (1993) # the steel (1993) # the sword (1995) the first two books were also published as an omnibus warlord (2003), which was reissued as hope reborn (march 2013). the last three in another omnibus as conqueror (2003). the second two books were published as an omnibus hope rearmed (march 2014). the final novel was published with "the chosen" in an omnibus as hope renewed (july 2014). ===follow-on series=== ;visigar series # the chosen (1996) written by s.m. stirling and david drake. this was republished in an omnibus with "the sword" as hope renewed (july 2014). ;hafardine series # the reformer (1999) # the tyrant (by eric flint, 2002) ;duisberg series # the heretic (april 2013; tony daniel & david drake) review by opionator â retrieved 2013-11-27 in which center refers to a character from isaac asimov's foundation series with "a fibonacci projection using seldon values for social normatives..." and "...the seldonian calculus and its subsequent application in psychodynamic topography." # the savior (september 2014; tony daniel & david drake) ==bellevue series== ===plot=== the first five books are set on the planet bellevue, previously part of a high-technology galactic civilization. interplanetary civilization collapsed during "the fall", when extensive civil war greatly reduced the planet's technology level. technology has redeveloped only slowly: the most advanced groups have reached the level of double-expansion steam engines, wrapped-brass-cartridges breech-loading rifles (martini-henry lock or very similar) and lever-action carbines, cast-steel breech-loading cannon, simple revolvers, etc. progress is slow: the breech-loading rifle design 
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