Empire from the Ashes

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Empire from the Ashes
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Author David Weber
Cover artist David Mattingly
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDahak series
Genre space opera/military science fiction
Publisher Baen Books
Publication date
March 2003
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
ISBN 0-7434-3593-1
OCLC 51003775
813/.54 21
LC Class PS3573.E217 E47 2003

Empire from the Ashes is an omnibus collection of science fiction novels by American writer David Weber. [1]

Contents

Published in 2003 by Baen Books, [2] it is an omnibus reissue of Weber's Dahak trilogy, including Mutineers' Moon , The Armageddon Inheritance and Heirs of Empire . [1]

Plot

The trilogy's protagonist is Colin MacIntyre, who is on a routine training flight over the Moon when it reveals itself to be Dahak, a self-aware space battle planetoid millennia old. MacIntyre and Dahak defeat Dahak's previous enemies and restore a galactic empire.

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References

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  2. "Empire from the Ashes by David Weber". Baen Publishing Enterprises. Retrieved 2024-11-12.