Honor Harrington's career has its ups and its downs. She's
survived ship-to-ship battles, assassins, political
vendettas, and duels. She's been shot at, shot down, and
just plain shot, had starships blown out from under her,
and made personal enemies who will stop at nothing to ruin
her, and somehow she's survived it all. But this time
she's really in trouble. The People's Republic of Haven
has finally found an admiral who can win battles, and
Honor's orders take her straight into an ambush.
Outnumbered, outgunned, and unable to run, she has just
two options: see the people under her command die in a
hopeless, futile battle...or surrender them - and herself -
to the Peeps. There can be only one choice, and at least
the People's Navy promises to treat their prisoners
honorably. But the Navy is overruled by the political
authorities, and Honor finds herself bound for a prison
planet aptly named "Hell"...and her scheduled execution.
Put into solitary confinement, separated from her officers
and her treecat Nimitz, and subjected to systematic
humiliation by her gaolers, Honor's future has become both
bleak and short. Yet bad as things look, they're about to
get worse...for the Peeps.
SYNOPSIS
Honor Harrington is back, and this time, she and her crew,
ambushed and captured, are aboard an enemy ship, bound for
a prison planet aptly named Hell -- and her scheduled
execution.
FROM THE CRITICS
Publishers Weekly
In a surprisingly dreary outing, Weber (Honor Among
Enemies) continues the military adventures of his
perennial heroine, Honor Harrington. The most powerful
officials in the People's Republic of Haven (at war with
Manticore and its Royal Navy, for whom Honor fights) have
decided to ease up a bit on their space navy, as
annihilating officers' families after military mishaps has
had a deadening effect on the troops. Cordelia Ransom,
head of the Republic's Office of Public Information, takes
a field trip to oversee how this and other policy
decisions will affect the fleet. When Honor is captured by
the Republic's forces, Cordelia uses every excuse to
humiliate and try to break Honor. Meanwhile, Admiral of
the Green Hamish Alexander and the loyal Grayson clan
(including a tribe of the always adorable alien treecats)
wait and worry, hoping that some miracle will save their
beloved Honor. Far less exciting then previous volumes in
the series, this novel is stuffed with backstory and
political jockeying. With action sequences sparse until
the final chapters, it is likely to disappoint all but the
most avid of Honor's fans. (Sept.)
Library Journal
This latest Honor Harrington novel (Honor Among Enemies,
LJ 6/15/96) finds her promoted to commodore and adjusting
to home life as her planet's first female feudal
steadholder. On a routine flight, Harrington's enemies
capture her spaceship, and she must escape execution on a
planet called Hell. Weber blends a mix of political
intrigue with space adventure for another satisfying tale.
Recommended.
Kirkus Reviews
Weber's hardcover debut extends an established paperback
series (Honor Among Enemies, etc.) about Honor Harrington,
a genetically engineered warrior whiz, now a commodore in
the service of the good-guy Alliance against the evil-
empire People's Republic, or Peeps—the circumstances of
which we learn all about during a prolonged and tiresome
introduction. Honor's constant companion is Nimitz, an
intelligent and empathic treecat. Finally, Honor takes up
her duties aboard a convoy escort. But when her detachment
is surprised by Peep cruisers, Honor draws the enemy away
from the convoy until, her own ship heavily damaged, she's
forced to surrender. Vicious Peep bigwig Cordelia Ransom
orders Honor imprisoned pending execution on planet Hades,
while the battered remnants of Honor's crew are held
aboard ship. Honor resists every attempt to break her
spirit; her crew stage a breakout, rescue her, and blow up
the ship—along with the unspeakable Cordelia—so that the
Peeps will think they're dead.
Ludicrously overburdened with titles and honorifics, and
with comic-book villains, cardboard backdrop, and
invisible plot: an unutterably tedious experience.
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mike, an executive, December 30, 2002,
Nothing so good
This book was so exciting i read it in 15 hours. I couldnt
put it down except to go to the bathroom, then i brought
it with me. The hardest part was when i got the end and
had to wait to get the next one. GREAT JOB keep it up.
Also recommended: All works by David Weber
A reviewer, an avid reader of SF & mystery, October 28,
2002,
Not as good as the earlier books
I've loved all of the Honor books so far, but this one
didn't seem as good as the others. I think it's just
because it seems slow. There's very little action in the
first 1/4 to 1/3 of the book, and it seems in almost every
conversation, one or all of the characters spends a long
time thinking about things - it really breaks up any
conversation. I realize a lot of information is provided
this way, but it feels almost... tedious. But I'm still
anxious to read the next book.
Also recommended: Anything by Lois McMaster Bujold!
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