The Excalibur Alternative

This novel is based on a much shorter version published in David Drake's "Foreign Legions".

Die Galaktische Föderation weiß, dass sie den Spezies am Rande ihres eigenen Sternensystems technisch weit überlegen ist, und daran will sie auch nicht das Geringste ändern. Doch eines Tages kauft sich eine kleine Handelsgilde eine römische Legion von der primitiven Erde, mit der sie auf den unterentwickelten Welten ihre Konzessionen durchzusetzen versuchen - mit großem Erfolg. Eine konkurrierende Gilde beschließt, ebenfalls eine Legion einzusetzen, doch sind auf der Erde Jahrhunderte verstrichen, und es gibt gar keine Römer mehr. Daher weicht sie auf das aus, was verfügbar ist: englische Langbogenschützen. Und die sind viel, viel gefährlicher als römische Legionen ... David Webers spannender Mix aus Science-Fiction und alternativer Geschichte! Jetzt endlich wieder erhältlich als eBook von beBEYOND - fremde Welten und fantastische Reisen.

Set in the universe of "Ranks of Bronze, Foreign Legions" presents masterful new novellas by David Drake, Eric Flint, S.M. Stirling, Marl L. Van Name, and David Weber. "David Drake is now the king of military science fiction".--"Philadelphia Weekly Press".

Honor Harrington is arguably the most popular character in modern science fiction, but there are many other stories in the Honorverse besides those in which she has the central role. This fifth volume in the popular Worlds of Honor series explores some of those stories with the help of such top writers as best-selling author Jane Lindskjold, New York Times best-selling author Timothy Zahn, and more¾including an all-new Honor Harrington adventure, set in her younger years, when a mob of space pirates made the mistake of tangling with Commander Harrington. That was a fatal mistake¾for the pirates . . . At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

They were Roman soldiers¾ and they were still alive because there were no better killers in the galaxy. The Galactics need fighters who could win battles without the aid of technology. That's why, when Rome's legions suffered disaster at Carrhae, secretive alien traders were waiting to buy them on the Persian slave market. Now, virtually immortal, the Romans fight strange enemies on stranger worlds; and though they win every battle, the spoils of victory never include freedom. If the legionaries are ever to return to Earth, it must be through the beam weapons and force screens of their ruthless alien owners. But no matter the odds, two thousand years is a long time; the Romans are coming home. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

A mammoth volume (over 250,000 words) of the many facets of one of science fiction's most popular talents. Here are treecats, starships, dragons, alternate history, self-aware Bolo supertanks, wizards, sailing ships, ironclads¾and, of course, Weber's fantastically popular starship commander, Honor Harrington. For nearly two decades, David Weber has been taking enthralled readers to destinations strange and fantastical, from his best-selling Honor Harrington novels and short stories to the heroic fantasy of Bahzell of the Hrandai, and the shared universe stories set in worlds of his own creation, and those of others, such as Eric Flint's best-selling Ring of Fire series, the popular Bolo series of Keith Laumer and more. Visit 17th-century Magdeburg for the creation of the United States Navy a hundred and fifty years early, and go with John Paul Jones as he wins the Revolutionary War¾For George III. Fight dragons and demons with U.S. Marines in a most unexpected campaign, find out how humans and treecats first met and share Honor Harrington's very first battle. But once you step into the worlds of Weber, you may not want to go home again. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).