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Northworld Trilogy

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1999
2014
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Northworld
32 chapters
Vengeance
59 chapters
Justice
52 chapters
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A series of military science fiction from the author David Drake.

Northworld Trilogy
Northworld ©1990, Northworld: Vengeance ©1991, Northworld: Justice ©1992 by David Drake
VENGEANCE:

To my son Jonathan,
who liked the first one.

JUSTICE:

To Beth Fleisher
My once and future editor
As Nils Hansen lay on the grass of the grave mound, staring toward the black pines silhouetted against the sunset, he heard a shout in the near distance and the sring! of a sword coming out of its scabbard.
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The water sluiced down, and outside the sun rose in a crimson, purple splendor.
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Rolls found Fortin with his back to an outcrop, looking down the slope and through the shimmering discontinuity to a forest on the Open Lands, the surface which could be reached from any of Northworld's other planes. Armed figures groped among the dimensionally-distant trees, an army searching for the foe with whom it would fight to decide . . . nothing or everything, a matter of perception.

Fortin was tossing pebbles. They quivered when they struck the discontinuity. Fortin's arm wasn't strong enough to hit the warriors from his vantage point, but his tiny missiles flicked snow from the tree branches.

"Planning to visit the colonists?" Rolls said, seating himself beside Fortin. North's son had surely seen him climbing from the valley below; if he chose to ignore Rolls' approach, that was merely a ploy—and as such to be ignored.

"Perhaps," said Fortin without looking around.

He threw another stone. It sparkled and switched planes. By adjusting their vision, the two men could focus on either the stream a thousand meters below in their reality or the snow-wrapped forest and ignorant army. "Do you care, Rolls?"

Rolls chuckled. Seen from this angle, Fortin's face had the cool perfection of a well-struck medal. "What you plan is no concern of mine, Fortin," he said. "You know where my interests lie."

Fortin turned at last to face him. "Whatever I do," he said, "you'll know."

Rolls shifted slightly. "That's right," he agreed easily. "You—do things. I observe. Eisner learns."

The granite ledge on which they sat was flaking; Rolls reached beneath his buttocks to sweep aside some sharp-edged bits. Fortin picked up one of them, looked at it, and dropped it again instead of flinging it through the dimensional barrier.

"Why are you here?" he demanded.

Rolls smiled. "I'd like," he said, "to borrow Penny's necklace."

Fortin began to laugh. He had a tenor voice, as smoothly pleasant as his features—and as cool. "Then you'd better ask Penny, hadn't you?" he said, looking down for the stone he'd just cast aside.

"I thought perhaps you might help me," said Rolls.

"Did you?" the half-android remarked without interest. His index finger dug at the ledge, trying idly to worry another bit loose.

"I . . . want to borrow it for only a moment," Rolls said, trying to keep his voice clear of the concern he was beginning to feel. He had no way to coerce Fortin, and a claim on the halfling's friendship would be as empty as claiming to be a friend of the Matrix itself.

Though the Matrix was not perverse.

 

Added: 31-Jan-2015
Last Updated: 17-Apr-2023

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 09-Dec-2013
Baen Enterprises
Kindle e-Book
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Date Issued:
Cir 09-Dec-2013
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Cover Price:
$6.99
Pages*:
853
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Once
Reading(s):
1)   1 Jan 2014 - 1 Jan 2014
Internal ID:
13160
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-671-57787-5
ISBN-13:
978-0-671-57787-2
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Patrick Turner  - Cover Artist
From amazon.com:

Now with a new afterword by David Drake!

The inhuman Rulers of the galaxy sent three fleets to learn what had happened to the world located by Captain North and the Survey Team he led. Neither a soul nor a message returned. The fourth time, the Rulers sent a single man: Nils Hansen.

Commissioner Hansen had a mind that saw the shortest path to each task's completion and a ruthless determination to do what the task required. The cost - to himself and whoever happened to be in the way - didn't matter. Hanson's Special Units had kept his planet safe from the most sophisticated and violent criminals in the galaxy. Now Hansen was being sent to penetrate a spacetime enigma which had made gods or demons of the first humans to discover it. He would succeed or die.

Northworld: a place of slashing violence and mystic transformation
Northworld: a place of treachery and dazzling beauty
Northworld: a place of honor, of faith, and of love.

Hansen's iron will and strong arm confront godlike power and godlike cunning while a galaxy trembles for the outcome. And if Hansen dies - he will not die alone!

At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Praise for The Northworld Trilogy:

"Down and dirty . . . this one blazes!" —Los Angeles Daily News

"Fast-paced adventure with convincing depth!" —Publishers Weekly

"Good military SF . . . the action is fast and the tension is high!" —Locus

"Northworld is that rare work-a novel that works on more than one level. A stunning tapestry . . . highly recommended!" —The SFRA Newsletter

Vietnam veteran, former lawyer, former bus driver, and now bestselling author, David Drake tells a military story like no other. His readers recognize that he can take them where no one else can, with gut-wrenching description that puts them face-to-face with the enemy, and in the midst of the action right on the battlefield. He helped create the audience for mercenary military science fiction with his best-selling "Hammer's Slammers" books. Drake graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa, majoring in history (with honors) and Latin. His stint at Duke University Law School was interrupted for two years by the U.S. Army, where he served as an enlisted interrogator with the 11th Armored Cavalry in Vietnam and Cambodia. Drake has a wife, a son, and various pets.
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First Baen printing, March 1999

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David Drake  
Birth: 24 Sep 1945 Dubuque, Iowa, USA

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