Belisarius I: Thunder at Dawn (Belisarius Series) (v. 1)
David Drakewas attending Duke University Law School when he was drafted. He served the next two years in the Army, spending 1970 as an enlisted interrogator with the 11th armored Cavalry in Viet Nam and Cambodia. Upon return he completed his law degree at Duke and was for eight years Assistant Town Attorney for Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He has been a full-time freelance writer since 1981. Besides the bestselling Hammer’s Slammers series, his books for Baen include the Lt. Leary series, the latest beingThe Way to Glory, and the Belisarius series, written in collaboration with Eric Flint, the first two novels of which are now combined in ((TITLE??)).Eric Flintis theNew York Timesbest-selling author of the Ring of Fire alternate history series, the first of which is1632. His impressive first novel,Mother of Demons(Baen), was selected bySF Chronicleas one of the best novels of 1997. In addition to his collaborations with David Drake, he has also joined forces with David Weber in1633and theNew York Timesbest seller1634: The Baltic War, both novels in the Ring of Fire series, and onCrown of Slaves, a best of the year pick byPublishers Weekly. Flint received his masters degree in history from UCLA and was for many years a labor union activist. He lives in East Chicago, IL, with his wife and is working on more books in the best-selling Ring of Fire series. .