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The Domination of the Draka (also called the Draka series or the Draka saga) is a dystopian science fiction alternate history series by American author S. M. Stirling. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The series comprises a main trilogy of novels as well as one crossover novel set after the original and a book of short stories.
Stephen Michael Stirling (born September 30, 1953) is a Canadian-American [1] science fiction and fantasy author who was born in France. Stirling is the author of the Draka series of alternate history novels, the later time travel/alternate history Nantucket series and the Emberverse series.
Combat only occurred when colonists from both sides reached the same world, an incident that happened only once. (Stirling later said the Samothracians won due to their superior ship. [3]) The Draka continued their enslaving any new intelligent species they discover, using genetic engineering to produce a meek and submissive version of it.
Written by John J. Miller. Charles George Gordon, once field marshal in both the Ottoman Empire and China, finds himself in Draka controlled Alexandria, where he tries to achieve The Plan, a plan to dam the Nile river and make it the longest navigable waterway in the world, and in order to do so seeks help from the prominent Alexander von Shrakenberg.
Marching Through Georgia is an alternate history novel by American writer S. M. Stirling, [1] [2] the first of four books in the series The Domination.The novel was released in the United States on May 1, 1988.
The Alliance's weapon is a computer virus ("comp plague") secretly planted in Draka military computers by spies; the Draka's is a biological virus called the Stone Dogs that causes infected personnel to go insane. Yolande discovers Marya, who has contacted the OSS, planting the comp-plague and allows her to escape with knowledge of the Stone Dogs.
Under the Yoke is a science fiction novel by American writer S. M. Stirling, [1] [2] the second of four books in his alternate history series The Domination. It was first published in the United States on September 1, 1989.
Stirling provides a timeline for its historical development through the 19th and 20th centuries, first as the Crown Colony of Drakia (for Francis Drake), gradually breaking away from British control to become the Dominion, then the Domination, of the Draka. The Draka culture is remarkable for combining a strictly race- and class-based ...