Trowbridge, Dave
Entry updated 15 June 2026. Tagged: Author.
(1950- ) US computer magazine writer/editor and author, married to Deborah J Ross, whose novel-length sf was invariably written in collaboration with Sherwood Smith. All titles belong to and comprise the Exordium series of Space Operas: The Phoenix in Flight (1993; rev 2011 ebook), Ruler of Naught (1993; rev 2011 ebook), A Prison Unsought (1994; rev 2015 ebook), The Rifter's Covenant (1995; rev 2015 ebook) and The Thrones of Kronos (1996; rev 2015 ebook). The sequence is set in a Galactic Empire venue whose "Thousand Suns" are initially ruled by the Phoenix House dynasty, the aristocratic Arkad family against which a long-planned and devastating coup is mounted, only for one chance survivor to make his escape. Plot curlicues and Planetary Romance ramifications ensue; further traditional sf elements include wholesale world-wrecking, a Prison planet, and a climactic battle of the traditionalist and usurper space fleets.
Trowbridge has also published one short genre story, "Suraki" in A Starfarer's Dozen: Stories of Things to Come (anth 1995) edited by Michael Stearns. [DRL]
Dave Trowbridge
born 1950
works (selected)
series
Exordium
- Phoenix in Flight (New York: Tor, 1993) with Sherwood Smith [Exordium: pb/Jim Burns]
- Phoenix in Flight (Cedar Crest, New Mexico: Book View Café, 2011) with Sherwood Smith [ebook: rev of the above: Exordium: na/Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein]
- Ruler of Naught (New York: Tor, 1993) with Sherwood Smith [Exordium: pb/Jim Burns]
- Ruler of Naught (Cedar Crest, New Mexico: Book View Café, 2011) with Sherwood Smith [ebook: rev of the above: Exordium: na/Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein]
- A Prison Unsought (New York: Tor, 1994) with Sherwood Smith [Exordium: pb/Jim Burns]
- A Prison Unsought (Cedar Crest, New Mexico: Book View Café, 2015) with Sherwood Smith [ebook: rev of the above: Exordium: na/Sherwood Smith]
- The Rifter's Covenant (New York: Tor, 1995) with Sherwood Smith [Exordium: pb/Jim Burns]
- The Rifter's Covenant (Cedar Crest, New Mexico: Book View Café, 2015) with Sherwood Smith [ebook: rev of the above: Exordium: na/Sherwood Smith]
- The Thrones of Kronos (New York: Tor, 1996) with Sherwood Smith [Exordium: pb/Jim Burns]
- The Thrones of Kronos (Cedar Crest, New Mexico: Book View Café, 2015) with Sherwood Smith [ebook: rev of the above: Exordium: na/]
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