Baen, 2003, $7.99, ISBN: 0-7434-8830-X, 435 pages, paperback

Drat! I bought this in error. It’s a collection of 15 short stories (1977-2003) and I prefer novels. But I was in need of a Drake fix, and decided to read on rather than return the book.

They all seem to have some twist ending, a sort of “pay back is a bitch” finale that sometimes works out great, and other times falls flat. Pretty typical for short stories, and typical for Drake short stories.

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