Cauldron of Ghosts by David Weber and Eric Flint

This is an Honoverse novel.  That simply means the setting is in the Universe created for the terrific Honor Harrington series.  This book deals with The Mesan Alignment a secret society on Mesa that has been playing puppet master over the nearby star systems.

I have trouble keeping track of the Honorverse.   I do like both Weber and Flint as authors.   I, inadvertently, read this book out of order so a great deal of it was confusing.   If I hadn't read all of the Harrington books I would have been annoyed.  

The story is good but a bit wordy.   The action aspect is not as apparent as in many of the Flint stories.   it was a good book but not up to the Honor Harrington standards. 

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A Beautiful Friendship by David Weber

 Let me preface this by giving you my prejudice right up front, I am a major fan of David Weber and of anthropomorphism.  

Anyone who has read the Honor Harrington books will recognize the name: Treecat.    This book is Weber’s entry into the Young Adult genre and it details first contact with the Treecats.

Weber may quantify this book as YA but it certainly reads as well and as interesting as all of his books.   The characters are well defined and evoke positive emotions.   I really enjoy the way Weber promotes loyalty, honor, responsibility and the rest of the Boy Scout motto.

Then there are the Treecats.  If you have read any of my other reviews you have to be aware of how much I enjoy the interaction of minds between species.   David Weber does it with such aplomb and panache that I sit in awe.    Once again,  Mr. Weber, you are an artist!

I highly recommend the book and not just for kids.

Body of work of David Weber

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