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    An Oblique Approach
    An Oblique Approach
    An Oblique Approach
    Audiobook15 hours

    An Oblique Approach

    Written by David Drake and Eric Flint

    Narrated by Pete Bradbury

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    About this audiobook

    In northern India the Malwa have created an empire of unexampled evil. Guided or possessed by an intelligence from beyond time, with new weapons, old treachery, and an implacable will to power, the Malwa will sweep over the whole Earth. Only three things stand between the Malwa and their plan of eternal domination: the empire of Rome in the East, Byzantium; a crystal with vision; and a man named Belisarius, the greatest commander Earth has ever know. . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateAug 5, 2019
    ISBN9781980049821
    An Oblique Approach
    Author

    David Drake

    David Drake (born 1945) sold his first story (a fantasy) at age 20. His undergraduate majors at the University of Iowa were history (with honors) and Latin (BA, 1967). He uses his training in both subjects extensively in his fiction. David entered Duke Law School in 1967 and graduated five years later (JD, 1972). The delay was caused by his being drafted into the US Army. He served in 1970 as an enlisted interrogator with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the Blackhorse, in Viet Nam and Cambodia. He has used his legal and particularly his military experiences extensively in his fiction also. David practiced law for eight years; drove a city bus for one year; and has been a full-time freelance writer since 1981, writing such novels as Out of the Waters and Monsters of the Earth. He reads and travels extensively.

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    • 5/5
      One of the best books I have ever read :-)
    • 3/5
      Read the free Baen elibrary give away version. Not half bad, entertaining. Could do with a lttle editing, reduce the amount of superfluous wordage—tends to ramble a little, or perhaps merely reflects my own lack of interest in the details versus my interest in the overall conflict. Worth a read, doubt if I will ever reread.
    • 5/5
      A good start to an excellent series. I've heard others complain that this is too close to the Raj Whitehall series, but that is mostly because of the reliance on Byzantine history. The tone is much different, the characters are better drawn. If you like historical fantasies, or alternate histories with a military bent, this is a good series to get hooked on.