''Empire from the Ashes'' is an omnibus collection of science fiction novels by American writer
David Weber
David Mark Weber (born October 24, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He has written several science-fiction and fantasy books series, the best known of which is the Honor Harrington science-fiction series. His first nove ...
.
Published in 2003 by
Baen Books
Baen Books () is an American publishing house for science fiction and fantasy. In science fiction, it emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, and military science fiction. The company was established in 1983 by science fiction publisher an ...
, it is an omnibus reissue of Weber's ''Dahak''
trilogy
A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, and video games, and are less common in other art forms. Three-part wor ...
, including ''
Mutineers' Moon'', ''
The Armageddon Inheritance'' and ''
Heirs of Empire''.
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.
See also
*
''Moonfall'' (film), a 2022 American science fiction film about the Moon being a spaceship from a fallen human civilization that seeded the Earth with humanity
External links
* An excerpt of ''Empire from the Ashes'' is available for download or reading online at the
Baen Free Librarybr>
here The whole novel can be foun
* On January 8, 2014, David Weber stated on his official forums that there are
two Dahak sequels I have plotted out, although there is no planned release date.
2003 American novels
American science fiction novels
Baen Books available as e-books
Military science fiction novels
Novels by David Weber
Space opera novels
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