New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and international best-selling phenomenon David Weber delivers book #18 in the multiple New York Times best-selling Honor Harrington series.
Wrong number? There are two sides to any quarrel . . . unless there are more.
Queen Elizabeth of Manticore's first cousin and Honor Harrington's best friend, Michelle Henke, has just handed the "invincible" Solarian League Navy the most humiliating, one sided defeat in its entire almost thousand year history in defense of the people of the Star Empire's Talbott Quadrant. But the League is the most powerful star nation in the history of humanity. Its navy is going to be back—and this time with thousands of superdreadnoughts.
Yet she also knows scores of other star systems—some independent, some controlled by puppet regimes, and some simply conquered outright by the Solarian Office of Frontier Security—lie in the League's grip along its frontier with the Talbott Quadrant. As combat spreads from the initial confrontation,the entire frontier has begun to seethe with unrest, and Michelle sympathizes with the oppressed populations wanting only to be free of their hated masters.
And that puts her in something of a quandary when a messenger from Mobius arrives, because someone's obviously gotten a wrong number. According to him, the Mobians' uprising has been carefully planned to coordinate with a powerful outside ally: the Star Empire of Manticore. Only Manticore—and Mike Henke—have never even heard of the Mobius Liberation Front.
It's a set up . . . and Michelle knows who's behind it. The shadowy Mesan Alignment has launched a bold move to destroy Manticore's reputation as the champion of freedom. And when the RMN doesn't arrive, when the MLF is brutally and bloodily crushed, no independent star system will ever trust Manticore again.
Mike Henke knows she has no orders from her government to assist any rebellions or liberation movements, that she has only so many ships, which can be in only so many places at a time . . . and that she can't possibly justify diverting any of her limited, outnumbered strength to missions of liberation the Star Empire never signed on for. She knows that . . . and she doesn't care.
No one is going to send thousands of patriots to their deaths, trusting in Manticoran help that will never come.
Not on Mike Henke's watch.
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Product ReviewNo, Honor isn't in this one. No, there aren't any of the mercilessly long battle descriptions so many fans seem to love. Instead, we have a rollicking good plot driven story that fills in blanks and rounds out the Manty/Solly/Mesan tempest in a very satisfying way. I'm so glad I bought the eARC!
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Product ReviewThe series is reaching its climax, probably within a couple of books.
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Product ReviewWhen you overlay this book with the previous it males much more sense. My preference would have been to keep the two intact. This part of the arc stressed the injustice that has to be resolved with the political system of unbridled capitalism. As with other commentors looking forward to what happens next.
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Product ReviewI was disappointed with this book overall. If I had not read the synopsis before reading the book I would have been lost for the first few chapters wondering when the story would loop back to the planets those chapters touched on.
A map at the beginning of the book showing the Verge, especially showing the Talbott sector and the planets mentioned in the first few chapters would be helpful.
I agree with an earlier comment that it seems pretty dumb for Firebrand to use the same name. The only reason I can think of for this is to inform the reading audience who it is. For that you could use, "Mr. X, previously known as Firebrand on Montana (or was Montana the name of the guy?)"
Also, Henke's thoughts/actions seemed to detract from the flow of the story rather than add poignancy.
I did like the insight into the workings of the governments overran by Frontier Fleet and the capture of Hongbo and associates. I was surprised there was not more mentioned about the "Freighter" Hongbo was capture on. It would seem that an examination of its logs would have tied it directly to the Monica situation.
One other thing. David has a dedicated fan base. We don't need conversations reprinted from the main series or side series - we own the books! If someone is new to the series, tracking down the older books and learning about what is referenced in the new books is part of the fun of discovering this universe.
Well, I probably won't buy the next eArc. I really like the Harrington series, but this one was worse than the last and does not bode well for the future. Perhaps David needs to focus more on the Young Reader series instead.
I will continue to buy and read David Weber, I think he has proven his ability and talent; I just hope future works rise to his potential.
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Product ReviewToo much filler. I should have waited until the final release and saved some money. I doubt if I'll ever buy another David Weber eARC edition. Not a Honor Harrington novel. Nuff said.
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