The Mesan Alignment is revealed, and, for Honor Harrington and the Manticoran Star Kingdom, this means war!
Unintended Consequences
Sometimes things don’t work out exactly as planned.
The Mesan Alignment has a plan—one it’s been working on for centuries. A plan to remake the galaxy and genetically improve the human race—its way.
Until recently, things have gone pretty much as scheduled, but then the Alignment hit a minor bump in the road called the Star Empire of Manticore. So the Alignment engineered a war between the Solarian League, the biggest and most formidable interstellar power in human history. To help push things along, the Alignment launched a devastating sneak attack which destroyed the Royal Manticoran Navy’s industrial infrastructure.
And in order to undercut Manticore’s galaxy‑wide reputation as a star nation of its word, it launched Operation Janus—a false‑flag covert operation to encourage rebellions it knows will fail by promising Manticoran support. The twin purposes are to harden Solarian determination to destroy the Star Empire once and for all, and to devastate the Star Empire’s reputation with the rest of the galaxy.
But even the best laid plans can have unintended consequences, and one of those consequences in this case may just be a new dawn of freedom for oppressed star nations everywhere.
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Same old, same old :(
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stop wasting my timeIn addition to the usual major problem for me -- endless exposition, usually in the middle of some action scene -- this one does nothing to advance the story in any meaningful way. The reviewer who said Weber starts great series and then goes off the rails was spot on. This series has been going downhill pretty much since Crown of Slaves (which, I admit, was itself a good read).
I don't know why Weber seems to be working without an editor to rein him in, but i hope he's been investing the money from the previous books. I don't plan to buy any more and, judging from the reviews, I'm not the only one.Posted on
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Just not real interesting.
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Utter DreckWhat is happening to author of series? Have two copies of first eleven Honor books. Paper and Kindle. Thereafter just e-books. Bought this book when it came out and just finally finished many months later.
Utter waste of money and time to have anything to do with this boring offering.
Would have liked to see end of series, but, at 61 years of age, probably won't live long enough. Will not buy another book in this extended series. May read a library copy if I see it after reading future reviews.
Sad that so many authors now drag out a story that seems to go on forever.
Shadow of Victory, one of the few books I consider an utter failure to the reader.
Shame.Posted on
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A good read but not much input to the seriesThe book was almost as good (it felt ... rushed ... like “contractually obligated and due soon). It didn’t add a lot to the story, where it added a little it wasn’t very rich in details. They can do, and have done, much better!
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Looks like several sidestories to a sidestory. Just a filler, well written, but with limited thrill. Also, moves the main story forward for about a few hours. And the series could very well do without it.
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Great novelWeber knocks it out of the Park again.
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poorNEW BOOK, but old story. Come on new book, new story please.
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Could be skippedI have read a lot of reviews blasting this book and I have to admit that I'm one of the ones who feel that this book was not money well spent. It's is not that it was a bad book, more like a book looking for a reason to be. If this had come out a couple of books previous it would make sense but the problem is that it is like one of the old TV serials "meanwhile, back at the ranch ...". The book does nothing to progress the story line after an exciting previous book and instead rehashes old events from different angles and offers filler information of dubious value. Get on with the story.
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Looking good.Well..Webber never seems to disappoint. This looks like a BIG mess of spaghetti grade, hot, saucy interweaved intrigue.. just the way it should. Mind you. I've only seen the preview chapters. But I had all the books up to Mission of Honor.. most in hard back, and I'm waiting till December for this copy. {I do not trust e-books , had an order "go missing" once.] but looking over the preview sample chapters and what tidbits pop up in the other books in the series..this was well thought out.
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