Burdens of the Dead (Heirs of Alexandria)
Mercedes Lackeyis theNew York Timesbest-selling author of the Bardic Voices series and the Serrated Edge series (both Baen), the Heralds of Valdemar series, and many more. Among her popular Baen titles areThe Fire Rose,The Lark and the Wren, andThe Shadow of the Lion(with Eric Flint and Dave Freer). She lives in Oklahoma.Eric Flintis a modern master of alternate history fiction,with over three million books in print. He’s the author/creator of theNew York Timesbest-selling Ring of Fire series. With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the “Belisarius” alternate Roman history series, and with David Weber collaborated on1633and 1634: The Baltic War. Flint was for many years a labor union activist. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.Dave Freeris an ichthyologist turned author who lives on Flinders Island (between mainland Australia and Tasmania) with his wife, four dogs and four cats, and two sons. He has coauthored a range of novels with Eric Flint (Rats, Bats and Vats,The Rats, the Bats and the Ugly,Pyramid Scheme, andPyramid Power), with Mercedes Lackey and Eric Flint (The Shadow of the Lion,This Rough Magic,The Wizard of Karres,Much Fall of Bloodand Freer’s solo entry in the series,A Mankind Witch) as well as writing the Dragon’s Ring novelsDragon’s RingandDog and Dragon.