The Forlorn Hope
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 First edition | |
| Author | David Drake |
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| Cover artist | Alan Gutierrez |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | 1984 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 318 |
| ISBN | 0-81253-610X |
| OCLC | 10749351 |
The Forlorn Hope is a science fiction novel by David Drake.
The Forlorn Hope was originally intended as the first volume of a series for Ace Books, later installments of which would be written by other authors; the setting of the book was based on the Thirty Years' War while the initial situation was inspired by Xenophon's Anabasis. However, after Ace was acquired by G. P. Putnam's Sons, Jim Baen of Tor Books made a successful offer for the book. Drake did not write any sequels to this book as he felt that he had ended it at a satisfactory point.[1]
The technology and setting of The Forlorn Hope are comparable to that of Drake's Hammerverse; however, Drake has confirmed that this book is not set in the same fictional universe as the Hammer's Slammers stories.[2]
