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War of Honor | Rating | |
| B | |||
| David Weber | |||
| Series | Related Books | ||
| Honor Harrington | Jayne's Intelligence Review: The Royal Manticoran Navy, Jayne's Intelligence Review: The Havenite Republican Navy, On Basilisk Station, The Honor of the Queen, The Short Victorious War, Field of Dishonor, Flag in Exile, Honor Among Enemies, In Enemy Hands, Echoes of Honor, Ashes of Victory, War of Honor, At All Costs, More Than Honor, Worlds of Honor, Changer of Worlds, The Service of the Sword, Crown of Slaves, The Shadow of Saganami | ||
As Honor Harrington gets more and more powerful, the series has become more and more oriented towards politics and less towards space opera. A lot of fans don't like the change. Understandable, I suppose; they were fans of the space opera Honor, not the consumate political backstabbing that is detailed so much lately.
But there is a change in the air. The war with Haven may be won, but it's not over. The treaty, declaring and formalizing post-war arrangement, is unsigned. And a few people want it to stay that way. Not that they want actual war, mind you. They just like the advantages of being at war.
A lot of the book is still political dogfighting. But the tension escalates more and more over the course of 700 pages or so until... well, suffice it to say that the wait really is worth it. And the old space opera type Honor books look to be making a major comeback.
And as a bonus, Weber is finally remembering that he mentioned a few books back that the Manticore Junction has a possible seventh terminus. There's a nice little side storyline for a while as people track it down and find out where it goes. I won't spoil the destination, but needless to say, in a series like this, it doesn't lead to advanced aliens willing to teach us how to live in peace.
There's a lot more I can say to provide detail. There's a lot going on. But if you managed to stay a fan of Honor's through the political leg of her novels, you're about to be rewarded.
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