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When the Tide Rises

When the Tide Rises Hardcover - 2008

by Drake, David

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  • Hardcover
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When the Republic of Cinnabar doesn't have enough battleships to deal with all the crises in its war with the Alliance, it sends the next best thing: Commander Daniel Leary and his friend, the spy Adele Mundy, in this cascade of non-stop action by David Drake.

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New York: Baen, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, and white. Feels very lightly read. Fine condition. Jacket some minor crimping to top edge. Light handling marks to the gloss. Overall fine. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A very nice example of this collectible first edition first printing title featuring Lieutenant Leary
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Details

  • Title When the Tide Rises
  • Author Drake, David
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition 1st Printing
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Baen, New York
  • Date 2008
  • Features Dust Cover, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 002787
  • ISBN 9781416555278 / 1416555277
  • Weight 1.18 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.58 x 6.38 x 1.24 in (24.33 x 16.21 x 3.15 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Life on other planets, Space warfare
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007051118
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 03/15/2008, Page 64
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/28/2008, Page 47

About the author

David Drake was attending Duke University Law School when he was drafted. He served the next two years in the Army, spending 1970 as an enlisted interrogator with the 11th armored Cavalry in Viet Nam and Cambodia. Upon return he completed his law degree at Duke and was for eight years Assistant Town Attorney for Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He has been a full-time freelance writer since 1981. Besides the bestselling Hammer's Slammers series, his books for Baen include Ranks of Bronze, Starliner, All the Way to the Gallows, Redliners, and many more. His "Lord of the Isles" fantasy novels for Tor are genre best sellers. Some Golden Harbor is the fifth in the popular RCN series. The previous titles are With the Lightnings, Lt. Leary, Commanding, The Far Side of the Stars, The Way to Glory and Some Golden Harbor.

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