We Few referring to "we few, we happy few, we band of brothers". We Few We Few is the fourth novel in the science fiction "Empire of Man" series by David Weber and John Ringo. It tells the story of how Prince Roger MacClintock and his remaining bodyguards of the Empress' Own Regiment have finally made their way off Marduk and must now try to retake the Empire from a usurper. The book appeared on the "New York Times" best seller list. The title is derived the famous St Crispin's Day Speech in Shakespere's play Henry V, (Act IV Scene iii 18-67)
What Shadows We Pursue note, on page 228 of "What Shadows We Pursue", explains: "Unfortunately, a production error led to the final four paragraphs of the story being omitted from [the earlier] edition. To correct the error, we have preferred to include the full text of the story in this, the second volume." This collection is named after one of its stories, "What Shadows We Pursue", which first appeared in the January, 1953, issue of "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction". The contents, listed sequentially from the text, with years of original publication noted in parentheses: What Shadows We Pursue What Shadows We