The Sharp End (1993): A survey team from the Slammers is looking for work for the regiment. One of them, Slick Des Grieux, is based on the classical character of Achilles. The Warrior (1991): A rivalry between two of the Slammers, who have very different ideas of what it means to be a warrior. Based loosely on the events of the Tet offensive, according to Drake's comments. Rolling Hot (1989): A pick-up Slammers unit, Task Force Ranson, must make a rapid combat march to relieve the capital city which is under threat. Based on the Nika riots, with Slammers Captain Tyl Koopman in the role of Belisarius. Counting the Cost (1987): The Slammers become involved in an internal dispute among their employers. The Slammers must aid a human community in a fight with aliens who can teleport. At Any Price (1985): A study in command and cultural conflict. Includes the creation of the Slammers as a mercenary unit, shows several of its campaigns, and the end of its independent existence when Colonel Hammer becomes the ruler of his native world, Friesland. Hammer's Slammers (1979): The initial collection of stories. They were later released in the form of short stories anthologies, with Drake also writing novels set in the universe. 
The series began with short stories which were published at Galaxy magazine (edited by Jim Baen), beginning with ‘Under the Hammer’ (October 1974). Short essays in Hammer's Slammers provide details of the political, social, economic, and technological conditions in the Hammerverse. A tabletop wargame and a roleplaying game set in Hammerverse universe have also been published. The series begun with the short story collection Hammer's Slammers (1979), with the latest installment a short story published in 2015. The series follows the career of a future mercenary tank regiment called Hammer's Slammers, after their leader, Colonel Alois Hammer.
Hammer's Slammers series (or the Hammerverse, Slammerverse, Slammers universe, Hammer universe) is a setting for a series of military science fiction short stories and novels by author David Drake. Fictional setting for writing by David Drake
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