I’ve read more Weber than I can accurately recall. This last couple I read, I felt, were not up
to his standards. This book returned to
what I would expect from Weber. Honor
Harrington is back and as in the most recent books she is somewhat secondary in
nature. That changes toward the end of
the book and she comes back as full blown Honor! Simplistically, a formerly small star
system, Manticore, has ended their war with The People’s Republic only to
discover that they have been manipulated by someone. The Solararian League is now the obvious adversary
but long time readers know that they too are being manipulated. Interstellar war and mayhem result.
Treecats got a little more verbiage in this story. Someday I would like to see them featured in
one of Weber’s books. They were alluded
to and they picked up some enhancements to their basic lethalness but disappointingly
that upgrade was never utilized. As
usual Weber tends to wax eloquently and often wallows in verbiage but overall I
thought this was far better than the last couple of his books I have read.
Weber does portray loyalty and camaraderie quite well.
I enjoyed the book and recommend it.This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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