Peril and strife strike on a double front for Honor Harrington and company. After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system, Honor Harrington has rooted out a plan designed to enslave the entire human species. Behind that plan lies the shadowy organization known as the Mesan Alignment. Task number one for Honor is to shut down and secure the wormhole network that is the source of the Star Kingdom's wealth and power—but also its greatest vulnerability. Yet this is an act that the ancient and corrupt Earth-based Solarian League inevitably takes as a declaration of war.
The thunder of battle rolls as the Solarian League directs its massive power against the Star Kingdom. And once again, Honor Harrington is thrust into a desperate battle that she must win if she is to survive to take the fight to the real enemy of galactic freedom—the insidious puppetmasters of war who lurk behind the Mesan Alignment!
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Product ReviewThe HH books are the only hardcover books I buy. This one was simply awful and I won't be buying any more hardcovers. Baen, I hope you are listening.
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Product ReviewI really liked this one.
I think i got somewhat bored of the limbloosing adventures of honor. So this more political one was just in order.
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Product ReviewI don't think I have been this disapointed with a series I had ever been reading ...ever. All the other reviewers have hit all the high points so I won't rehash them. Suffice to say..its the first book I ever wanted a refund on. Had to search the internet to see if my ebook had been corrupted as I couldn't believe it ended so abruptly. Poor storyline, babble about same thing over and over.
Started to read Weber's other series and that got me into the Honor books, DW has got his work cut out for him if he wants to come back from this.Posted on
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Product ReviewI read (and loved!) all previous Honor Harrington novels. But this is terrible. It's not really a book. It's a collection of semi-related drafts, old discarded materials from previous novels, and really boring new material which should really have been edited out.
Among the worst problems with this book, the most glaring are:
- The first third of the book introduces many new characters, which have absolutely nothing to do with the main plot. In fact, the entire first four chapters could be easily summarized in a paragraph or two, for all the impact they have on the plot.
- Honor Harrington is not even mentioned until much later in the book. And even then she has nothing interesting to do.
- Almost a third of the book consists of different groups of characters discussing the same events again, and again, and again! And all without reaching any significant decisions which might affect the plot.
- A big part of the book rehashes the events of the previous (and much better) novel, without adding any new insights or revelations. Actually some parts of the text were copied verbatim from the previous novel.
- Mesa's history and goals are not explained (again). This was bad in the previous novels, but it's getting ridiculous. Every time a character seems to begin to explain what Mesa is all about, the narrative jumps forward in time, and you get characters acting all shocked and worried, without giving any clue as to what they learned. Given that Mesa was not even introduced in the Honor Harrington series, but in the separate series 'Crown of Slaves' which many people may not have read (or be interested in reading), it's inexcusable not to dedicate at least a few pages into explaining what Mesa's about.
- The book does not so much end as it stops. It's like having the pages of the latter half the book ripped off. The author(s) do not even attempt to provide even the most perfunctory epilogue or cliffhanger.
Given the high quality of the previous books of the series, this book seems to be either written by a different person, or the previous books where *very* heavily edited before publication, and this one wasn't edited at all.
If you loved the previous novels (as I did) and want to read this book just to know how the story develops, skip chapters 1 through 9, and start reading from chapter 10. Trust me, you'll not miss a thing.Posted on
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Product ReviewToo much pointless discussion among the Solarian bureaucrats. I agree with other reviewers that it seems like a book was cut in half. The ending of this book did not resolve any issues.
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Product ReviewA lot of Honorverse readers got into this series due to the "space opera" aspects of the books -- clashes of space ships, with detailed descriptions of the actions of the heroic crews. Well -- the main line of books no longer fits that mold. It is more strategic in viewpoint, as Honor as moved up the ranks (in fact, Honor has become a member of an ensemble, rather than the focal character). That's ok, as long as we recognize this change in the series. The space opera has shifted to the branch-off supporting series, and that is fine for me.
I thought this book was fine, in that it provided an account of "Rising Thunder". I expected little, as a result of the reviews I had read. So, it really exceeded my expectations. And, the book doesn't end with the royal wedding. Has it been enhanced since its original release?Posted on
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Product ReviewI love this 'Universe' that several series are set in. This book was an interesting insight into the political workings of this Universe. As an Honor Harrington novel, however, I got to the end of the book and wondered, "Where was Honor?" There was no Honor Harrington story in this novel. She was a peripheral character at best. As an Honorverse book I would have rated this a 4 or 5, but as an Honor Harrington novel - she just wasn't there in any memorable form.
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Product ReviewHonestly, my only complaint about this book is the Solarian bureaucrats are just terribly boring characters. Probably half of their dialogue could've been cut out and replaced with some showing of the consequences (which in most cases are just media reports to try to paint themselves in a good light). I will allow as to how the other half is probably necessary to help the story hang together.
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Product ReviewI fell in love with the Honor Harrington series several years ago and can not get enough of her. I can not wait for the next book to come out.
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Product ReviewJust too much conversation and not enough story. The earlier books in the series were so much more enjoyable for me as they were much more to the point. You still got conversations, and got to see into the characters minds, but not nearly to the extent you do in Mr. Weber's current works. I love his writings, but feel very dissapointed of late
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