About this title: No one wanted another war. Thomas Theisman didn't. Baron High Ridge didn't. His Imperial Majesty Gustav didn't. Honor Harrington didn't. The Andermani Emperor has plans for Silesia. And the Prime Minister of Manticore is happy with the war he has. Unfortunately, what they want doesn't matter.
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Binding: Audiobook CASSETTE
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
ISBN-13:9780743507004ISBN:0743507002
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Baen
Date Published: 2003-11-01
ISBN-13:9780743471671ISBN:0743471679
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Baen Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743435451ISBN:0743435451
Description: Very Good. No marks, no writing, clean and clear text, tight binding, clean pages, DJ is in very good condition--like new except minor wear on covers. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Baen Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743435451ISBN:0743435451
Description: Good in Good jacket. Good in Good jacket Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. D/J under mylar with sticker on front and spine. Stamps on block. Typical library marks inside the covers and on first couple of pages. NO CD ROM. No other faults. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Baen
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743435451ISBN:0743435451
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Binding: Audiobook Cassette
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audioworks, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743507004ISBN:0743507002
Description: New in New jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. This is an audiobook with 6 audio cassettes. Abridged. New still sealed in the plastic wrap. read more
Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Baen Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743435451ISBN:0743435451
Description: Good in Good jacket. Remainder. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ D.J. not price clipped; scuffed and slightly creased; moderate edge wear/ remainder mark on bottom of book/ slightly soiled on page edges/ corners and spine bumped/ slight readers slant. read more
"Before this, I wouldn't have believed it was possible for David Weber to write a boring book. I was SO wrong.
I'll also note that if an editor cut out all the paragraphs where characters ponder to themselves about how gosh-darn great Honor Harrington is, they'd shorten the book by 100 pages. That would still leave an 800 page book where nothing happens, but it would be a start."
"As this series goes on, the lack of an editor or any kind gets more and more obvious. Most of the later books could easily be cut by 1/3 in verbiage with no cost to the storyline. Worse, the plotting gets more and more improbable. The leaders of two star nations commit to killing off 2 million of their citizens in a fit of pique is not exactly reasonable plotting."
"Another entertaining entry in the saga of Honor Harrington. I can't deny that some sections of this were slow to the point of tediousness, but the last 200 pages provided the usual riveting payoff. This series is pretty cheesy space opera but sometimes it hits the spot. I've already ordered the next one.
While this book evidently wasn't edited for length, someone has taken the trouble to reduce the word and phrase repetition that was so distracting in the previous book. There is also a great deal less obsequious worship of Harrington as well as a pleasing absence of cackling, mustache-twirling villains plotting her downfall.
We still have the black-or-white characterization (you can easily tell the bad guys from the good guys by their personal opinion of Harrington) but I have always liked the fact that we're shown the point of view of both sides of every conflict. We follow individuals among the Havenites nearly as closely as we follow our heroes. The ending of this book felt a little incomplete, in fact, because for some reason we are not given any reaction shot whatsoever from the Havenites in the aftermath of the grand finale.
I'm not buying the romance between Harrington and Earl White Haven. I feel like the author is insisting that they're in love without demonstrating it, and I think he's trying too hard to make their union literally irresistible. I can't decide if Harrington is going to take a page from Nelson's book and enter a 3-way with White Haven and his wife, or if the wife will conveniently expire like poor Maria Hornblower."
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