David Drake





David Drake

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David Drake, an attorney and veteran SF and fantasy author, lives near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.


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NEWSLETTER 65: November 7, 2011


Dear People,


I've finished the plot for Into the Maelstrom, which will be the sequel to Into the Hinterlands when John Lambshead writes it next year. (Next year isn't nearly as far away as I think it ought to be.)


The series is a space opera based on the life of George Washington. Hinterlands took him through the French and Indian War (as it was in North America). M...

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