Changer of Worlds
 WELCOME
AGAIN TO THE
MANY WORLDS OF HONOR
Lady Dame Honor
Harrington—starship captain, admiral, Steadholder, and Duchess—has
spent decades defending the Star Kingdom of Manticore against all
comers. Along the way, she has become the legend known as "the
Salamander" from her habit of always being where the fire is hottest .
. . and also a national bestseller (Ashes
of Victory: #7, The Wall Street Journal).
But it's a big
universe, and Honor's actions affect a lot of lives, not all of them
human. And their actions affect her—a
lesson "Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington" learns years before rising to
command rank when a desperate battle against "pirates" who aren't
quite what they seem begins her brilliant career.
Closer to home, in
"Changer of Worlds," a secret that the alien treecats have kept from
their human friends for hundreds of years is about to come out . . . and
completely change the relationship between the two species forever.
Meanwhile, Eric Flint
weighs in with "From the Highlands." Honor can't be everywhere, so
when the People's Republic of Haven tries to stage a political
assassination on Earth, Anton Zilwicki—husband of one of the Star
Kingdom's most revered military martyrs, and father of a young woman
who is clearly a chip off the old block—steps into the breach . . .
and takes the opportunity to settle some old scores along the way.
And finally, Esther
McQueen and Oscar Saint-Just square off for their final confrontation in
Noveau Paris in "Nightfall."
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR AND HOST
Granted, the decade has just
begun, but David Weber shows all signs of being the science fiction
phenomenon of the decade. Weber is often compared to C.S. Forester (the
celebrated creator of Captain Horatio Hornblower), is the recipient of
critical praise worthy of Heinlein or Asimov, and has hordes of
voracious fans clamoring for more and more Weber. Fortunately for them,
Weber keeps steadily producing book after book with first printings that
sell out almost immediately, then go back into printing after printing
after printing. His novels range from epic fantasy (Oath
of Swords, The
War God's Own) to breathtaking space opera (Path
of the Fury, The
Armageddon Inheritance) to military science fiction with
in-depth characterization (the celebrated and awesomely popular Honor
Harrington novels, the New
York Times bestselling Ashes
of Victory being the latest). Reviewers call Weber
"irresistible . .
masterful" (Publishers Weekly), "highly
entertaining" (Booklist), "outstanding . . . superb . . . excellent" (Wilson
Library Bulletin), "remarkable" (Kliatt),
"the best" (Dragon), "worth shouting
about" (Philadelphia
Weekly Press), "great" (Locus),
and "the best writer around today" (FosFax).
Readers call Weber similar things, but mostly they call the Baen offices
several times a week demanding more from their main man. Weber lives in
South Carolina and, in spite of having gotten married a year ago, shows
no sign of slowing down. . . .
Illustration
by Carol Heyer
Cover design by Carol Russo Design
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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and
events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real
people or incidents is purely coincidental.
First printing, March 2001
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Printed in the United States of America
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ISBN: 0-671-31975-2
Copyright (c) 2001. "Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington" "Changer of Worlds" and "Nightfall" copyright (c) David Weber. "From the Highlands" copyright (c) Eric Flint.
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