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Summary: Honor in Exile
Review: David Weber has created Science fiction's equivalent of C.S. Forrestor's Horatio Hornblower saga with his ongoing saga of his heroine, Honor Harrington. With her faithful, and empathic, treecat Nimitz, this series is a true delight. This is swashbuckling, space opera sci-fi at its best, with excellent characters, a vibrant universe, complete with an intriguing socio-political plot which drives the overall plot of the background of this fascinating universe."Flag in Exile" opens with Honor Harrington having returned to Grayson, the patriarchial planet she saved in the 2nd novel in the series, "The Honor of the Queen." As a result of her efforts in that book, she was made Steadholder Harrington, one of the planet's 80 great nobles, with powers within her own domain far greater than any noble from her home system of Manticore. Bearing the weight of the tragedies she sustained in the prior novel, ""Field of Dishonor", Honor is content to recover in private. But Grayson is desperately short on experienced officers, and Captain Honor Harrington, Royal Manticoran Navy, on half-pay from that service due to the political fallout of her quest for justice, is offered the rank of a full admiral in the Grayson Navy. This novel spends time looking into the nature of Grayson politics, and has Honor and her treecat Nimitz dealing with religious zealots who cannot abide by the thought of what Honor, a woman, is doing to their male-dominated traditions. In addition, the Peoples Republic of Haven (Peeps) is attempting a counter-offensive in their war with the Manticoran Alliance. This novel serves to help widen the Honor Harrington Universe with its examination of Grayson politics. Honor and friends must battle terrorists who would slaughter innocents, rampaging sexist bigots, and the ever-present menance of the Peeps. This book contains a brief afterword by the author relating a certain tragic event in this novel with the bombing in Oklahoma City. That afterword, and this book's look at the minds of religious zealots prepared to do anything for their beliefs, remains sadly relevant after the events of 9/11. This is an excellent and enjoyable novel. The entire Honor Harrington series is perhaps the best space opera in the past decade plus.
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Summary: I am truly fascinated with this character and her universe.
Review: Good story with great action. The similarity to unfortunate recent events is chilling. If we don't learn tolerance, stories like this will continue to strike too close to home. My favorite line: "Do you want him crippled or dead? " Wow!
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Summary: The best pot boilers around
Review: Honor Harrington books are a guarantee of fast paced action, page turning prose, and an appealing heroine. The books do not always take the easy way out. The endings are not always as happy as they could be, and the answers are not as easy as you might think. That adds spice to the straight-line plots, which, along with the fine characterization of the heroine (if few others) make these books a "can't miss, can't put down." They are potboilers in the finest sense of the word, the way Raiders of the Lost Ark or Star Wars were. They treat their subject with respect. You'll never be bored with this series--and this is one of the best books in it. Do yourself a favor and read one or two of the early ones first so you can get a flavor for what's happening.
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Summary: Good Book
Review: Honor harrington is my favorite book series, and this one doesn't dissapoint. we get to see a little more about Grayson, and some of the later scenes (I won't spoil them) involving the anti-Harrington terrorists are absolutely heart-wrenching. Five stars!
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Summary: Another excellent book in the series
Review: Honor harrington is my favorite book series, and this one doesn't dissapoint. we get to see a little more about Grayson, and some of the later scenes (I won't spoil them) involving the anti-Harrington terrorists are absolutely heart-wrenching. Five stars!
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Summary: Not as good as the previous three
Review: I've just started reading the Honor series. I haven't been able to put them down....until I got to this one. I felt like the first half of the book really dragged (Give it 2 stars). However, starting around pg. 250 things really got going (Give it 5 stars)! I like the way that Weber keeps things interesting by focusing on different aspects of Honor's universe. It keeps the books from being just Honor killing another Peep ship. I think it was a good idea for Weber to explore the impact of Honor on Grayson's society, but the execution of the idea could have occured at a faster pace, or been less predictable, or something. However, I still look forward to every book about Honor with anticipation.
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Summary: "...I Drew My Snickersnee..."
Review: If Manticore's politicians are so short-sighted and bound by personal enmity and cynical politics that they won't let the RMN make use of Hinor's talents and abilities, rest assured that Protector Benjamin and *his* Admiralty are not. The People's Republic of Haven has begun to swing the tide of battle a bit; if not actually in its own favour so far, at least a bit less one-sidedly toward Manticore. While this book certainly has its quota of lasers, grasers and missiles and deadly space warfare, the more important parts are politics on Grayson, the religion-dominated world where Honor has been made the first female Steadholder (roughly a Royal Duke in terms of our own peerages, and very much the great feudal lord that such a title once implied). On half-pay from the Manty Navy, she is invited to join the Grayson one -- as an Admiral. She does, and the usual results of giving Honor Harrington spaceships to play with ensue. (This woman attracts Forlorn Hope Last Stands like Jessica Fletcher atttracts murderers...) Meanwhile, on Grayson, various reactionary elemsnts, offended at the thought of a woman having power, and even more offended that Honor had made no attempt to hide her relationship with her late lover, are trying to stir up bogotry and hatred against her... And some of them are very powerful men, indeed; men who will stop at nothing to discredit her, even if it means the deaths of countless innocents -- possibly even their own people! But what this book is mostly notable for, in my opinion, is that it shows us more of the Grayson State Church of Humanity Unbound, and its God the Tester... And of Reverend Hanks, the physically but spiritually great man who stands at its head; a truly Good Man in the way so few, even religious, are truly Good Men. ((David swears he is *not* based on Archdeacon (later Bishop) Pinckney of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina, who we both had the good fortune of knowing while we were kids and he he was Archdeacon in charge of missions in that diocese, but i cannot imagine any other face or voice for him...)) And there is a terrible crime -- two terrible crimes, actually -- that shake Grayson and its society to their roots. And Honor must stand, literally sword in hand, to being justice to a traitor... Good read. ((In interests of total candour, i am David Weber's elder brother))
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Summary: Solid HH
Review: In Flag in Exlie Honor has settled in on Grayson. Her Steading is prospering things are going well for awhile. Then it happens! Again Haven returns and Honor get the chance to go back into space. Not as a captain but as an Admiral. Haven is only one battle she must fight. Her enemies on Grayson Plot to have her removed in many ways. and through one Cowardly act(That the author comments on since it's parralells somethng that happens years later in our world.)Honor must defend herself again losing more friends Honor must take the field of Honor again. I have read the first Five HH books in a row now and She Grows more as a person. if you like a strong characters and exciting storyline this is a great addition to the HH universe.
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Summary: Honor Harrington5 : Honor Rides again
Review: In Flag in Exlie Honor has settled in on Grayson. Her Steading is prospering things are going well for awhile. Then it happens! Again Haven returns and Honor get the chance to go back into space. Not as a captain but as an Admiral. Haven is only one battle she must fight. Her enemies on Grayson Plot to have her removed in many ways. and through one Cowardly act(That the author comments on since it's parralells somethng that happens years later in our world.)Honor must defend herself again losing more friends Honor must take the field of Honor again. I have read the first Five HH books in a row now and She Grows more as a person. if you like a strong characters and exciting storyline this is a great addition to the HH universe.
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Summary: Solid HH
Review: Like Field of Dishonor, the longish sequences of depression can get tedious. Still a good read overall.
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