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Flag in Exile | Rating | |
| A | |||
| 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 | ||
Honor has been kicked out of Manticore's House of Lords and put on half-pay in its navy. She takes refuge by taking up her duties as Steadholder on Grayson, and by becoming one of its highest ranking admirals. But Grayson is a theocracy only just beginning reforms to allow women civil rights, and there are some people who are staunchly opposed to them. In the meanwhile, the war with Haven is picking up again.
While the book is slow the get off the ground, with over a hundred pages of mixed plot setup and Honor bemoaning her fate, once it gets going it's very good. This is a very well balanced story between politics and action. And there's no small amount of action here, and not all of it is ship-on-ship battles. Yet there's a good amount of scheming politics, as certain people try hard to bring Honor down and derail the Protector's reforms.
The one problem I have, other than the slow start, is that Honor is starting to become something of a Mary Sue. That is, it seems like there's little she's not good at. While each step is reasonably done, in total she is becoming extremely powerful in a multitude of respects.
But that is really the only problem. Weber handles it well, really, and the story is subperb. It's nice to see the series get a little less political after the last few books.
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