NO ONE WANTED ANOTHER WAR
Thomas Theisman didn't. After risking his life and a fresh round of civil war to overthrow the Committee of Public Safety's reign of terror and restore the Republic of Haven's ancient Constitution, an interstellar war was the last thing he wanted.
Baron High Ridge didn't. The Prime Minister of Manticore was perfectly happy with the war he had. No one was shooting anyone else at the moment, and as long as he could spin out negotiations on the formal treaty of peace, his government could continue to milk all those "hostilities only" tax measures for their own partisan projects.
His Imperial Majesty Gustav didn't. Now that the fighting between the Star Kingdom and the Havenites had ended, the Andermani Emperor had his own plans for Silesia, and he was confident he could achieve them without a war of his own.
Protector Benjamin didn't. His people had made too deep a commitment to the Manticoran Alliance, in blood as well as treasure, for him to want to risk seeing it all thrown away.
And Honor Harrington certainly didn't. The "Salamander" had seen the inside of too many furnaces already, knew too much about how much war cost.
Unfortunately, what they wanted didn't matter....
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Product ReviewWar of Honor is, IMHO, the weakest of the series thus far (with the previous Ashes of Honor taking second place). I came to the series late and have been reading them in quick succession. The last two have been disappointing. I can understand using political conversations to setup the action, but the dialogue was often repetitive and simply annoying. Some of the characters seem a bit too obtuse. It felt a bit like the author needed to reach a page quota. Given a series of this length, it is asking too much for a home run every time. I am hoping for a return to form in the subsequent novels.
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Product ReviewI thought all the previous Honor Harrington stories were great, this one however had too much tedious politics and too little action for my liking. IMHO politics is mostly of interest to those who are actively involved in it. Not that this is a bad read mind you, it
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