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Summary: Cliche? Or not?
Review: Note for people unfamiliar with David Weber series, this is the sixth book in the Honor Harrington series, which began with On Basilisk Station. While reading this book by itself is possible, you lose a lot of background.Now, for those who read the previous five books... A friend of mine once complained that all HH books (he had read until then) followed the same pattern: Honor gets a new command, her "home" enemies sabotage and undermine her, she finds herself fighting against huge odds, she saves the day. Well, this book most definitely fits this pattern. As the war with Haven comes to a stalemate, more and more ships are directed to the front or to patrol and pickets among Manticore's allies. This results in a big withdraw of forces from anti-piracy patrols in the Silesian Confederacy, and the pirates lose no time in taking advantage of it. Pressed by the merchant cartels, the Royal Manticore Navy sends some of Horrible Hemphill's new toys: armed merchant ships. But instead of the designed-from-the-scratch Q-ships Haven has, these are just normal merchant ships with weapons. Meaning it can't run and if anyone shoot at it, it is going to hurt. Our old friend Hauptmann, depressed with the prospects, decides to take the most advantage of it possible, and manipulates the opposition parties into giving the job to Honor Harrington. After all, he might not like her, but he is no fool either. Well, these armed merchants might give the pirates a good run for their money, when they actually find them, but the Silesian Confederacy is a big place, and Honor has only four ships under her command. Worse, some pirates are not exactly pirates, and some, unknown to Manticore, are actually Haven warships! Well, the rest, as they say, is history. BUT, that's not *all* that there is to this book. First, Hemphill's new toys, for a change, actually are quite good. These ships might hurt when hit, but they have a hell of a bite, and are the first active employment of some systems that will bring a *real* revolution in tactics later in the series. Second, while the people who brought Honor back to command these ships fully expect her to die in action, the Royal Manticore Navy has no intention of making this just a token and useless attempt at curbing piracy. While she has to complete her crew with the dregs other captains are all too willing to get rid of, the Admiralty also see fit to give her the cream of the people just out of the academy. Also, many experienced officers and nco who served with her before sign up for this tour. Third, another treecat! Fourth, parts of the book tell the story of some of the Havenite officers, given insight and background on people who will have very important parts to play in later books. So, while the story does have the same feeling as many of the previous books, it also adds a lot.
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Summary: Close to being outstanding
Review: The Honor Harrington series is good space opera. This effort is somewhat below par in the series but still a good read. The main problem with the series is with Honor herself. She is simply too good, too perfect. This series has been compared to the Miles Vorkosogian series of Bujold's. The comparision is understandable in that they both are militarty SF. But consider the differences in character. Miles is a dwarf, a man of no physical prowess who can only suceed by changing the rules of the game. Honor, by contrast, excells at everything. She is physically imposing and beautiful. She excells at the game no matter what the rules. One of your reviewers said she has become a demi-goddess. Very accurate. Her relations with others has deterioated to one in which they become her audience, her worshipers.
For me, this series can only advance when Honor looses a bit of her godhood. Let someone else outthink her in a battle, let her make a dumb mistake, let someone kick her butt in a fair fight. Otherwise, I am just getting bored.
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Summary: A below par efficiency rating for Mr. Weber
Review: The latest Honor novel is not one of the best. It is rather bloated--at 500 plus pages--to the extent that Honor is not really even the main character. It takes about 200 pages to get to the main story and then meanders to a disappointing climax. Another problem is that Honor has become such an icon that all the relationships with her are like those to a demi-goddess rather than a human being
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Summary: HONOR HAS DONE IT AGAIN!
Review: THE LATEST IN THE HONOR SERIES IS EXCELLENT! IF YOU HAVE READ EVEN ONE OF THIS SERIES, YOU ARE HOOKED FOREVER
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Summary: A MUST READ FOR ALL HONOR HARRINGTON FANS'
Review: THE STORY CONTINUES FROM THE LAST. (WITH A SERIES I FEEL THAT THE AUTHOR SHOULD HAVE SOME SUPPORT FROM THE PREVIOUS BOOK WRITTEN.) POLITICAL ENEMIES AND WEALTHY MERCHANTS PLOT TO HAVE HONOR TAKE ON A JOB THAT THEY BELEIVE WILL RESULT IN HER DEALTH.
HONOR IS AGAIN ASKED TO RESUME HER CAREER AS AN OFFICER IN THE ROYAL MANICORAN NAVY. OVER COMING POOR EQUIPMENT, A CREW OF TRAINEES AND MISFITS DOES HER JOB WITH ALL THE ODDS AGAINST HER.
A BOOK WELL WRITTEN AND ENTERTAINING. ONCE STARTED YOU WILL NOT WANT TO PUT IT DOWN. I ENJOYED THIS BOOK GREATLY AND CANN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT.
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Summary: Book six is a ten!
Review: This is my faveorite of the series, it introduced several new things to the series, as well as giving us a look at other parts of the ship than the bridge, and the CO's cabin. I don't want to spoil the book but there are a few people who swith teams. The best of the series.
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Summary: A good serise
Review: This is my first book in the "Honor" serise and I plan to continue reading them. In this book I was introduced to Captian Honor Harrintion(though I do have one question what is with the first name?) she basically can kick the [anotomy] of anyone she comes up agienst. This book has it all, great action, some romance and a species of telepathic "Tree cats". Though it can sometimes get bogged down in bombast lanuage and its onw self importance it is a great read I recommend it.
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Summary: A good serise
Review: This is my first book in the "Honor" serise and I plan to continue reading them. In this book I was introduced to Captian Honor Harrintion(though I do have one question what is with the first name?) she basically can kick the [anotomy] of anyone she comes up agienst. This book has it all, great action, some romance and a species of telepathic "Tree cats". Though it can sometimes get bogged down in bombast lanuage and its onw self importance it is a great read I recommend it.
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