Empire from the Ashes explained

Empire from the Ashes
Cover Artist:	David Mattingly
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Publisher:	Baen Books
Release Date:	March 2003
Media Type:	Print (hardcover)
Isbn:	0-7434-3593-1
Dewey:	813/.54 21
Congress:	PS3573.E217 E47 2003
Oclc:	51003775
Series:	Dahak series

Empire from the Ashes is an omnibus collection of science fiction novels by American writer David Weber.^[1]

Published in 2003 by Baen Books,^[2] it is an omnibus reissue of Weber's Dahak trilogy, including Mutineers' Moon, The Armageddon Inheritance and Heirs of Empire.^[1]

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 Library here. The whole novel can be found here.
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Empire from the Ashes by David Weber . Fantastic Fiction . 2024-11-12.
2. Web site: Empire from the Ashes by David Weber . Baen Publishing Enterprises . 2024-11-12.