BOOK FOUR IN THE NATIONALLY BEST-SELLING MANTICORE ASCENDANT SERIES, SET IN THE WORLD OF David WEBER\'S MULTIPLE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING HONORVERSE SERIES Yesterday, the Star Kingdom of Manticore was a small, unimportant interstellar backwater with no navy, but today, Manticore has become a target. ev. . .
Fans of this venerable space opera will rejoice to see Honor back in action.--Publishers Weekly . . . intrigue and political drama.--Publishers Weekly About the Honor Harrington series: Weber combines realistic, engaging characters with intelligent technological projection and a deep understanding of military bureaucracy in this long-awaited Honor Harrington novel . . . [T]his astronautical adventure is filled with . . . .
Cowriters Zahn and Weber do an excellent job alluding to events known to longtime fans. . . .
Heinlein and Orson Scott Card, Weber and Zahn are telling a story about a teenage character but writing for readers of all ages.--Booklist A new series set in the universe of Weber\'s popular heroine Honor Harrington gets off to a solid start.
Like Robert A. fans of both writers should be quite pleased with the result. . .
About A Call to Arms: The plotting is as solid as ever, with smaller scenes building to an explosive, action-packed crescendo, and the authors strike a nice balance between technical details of space flight and the human cost of war.--Publishers Weekly Praise for prequel A Call to Duty: This exciting book marks the first collaboration of two powerhouses .
The Manticoran visitors are in the path of the storm, and before they can accomplish anything else, Travis, Lisa, and Gavin first have to survive.
But the Andermani have problems of their own: their Emperor\'s death has triggered insurrection, and their navy is locked in civil war.
They\'ve been sent to the Andermani Empire to do just that, for their navy is one of the most potent and experienced fleets in the galaxy.
And Travis\'s brother, the inexperienced diplomat Gavin, Earl Winterfall, must build those alliances.
Officer Travis Long and his wife, Lisa, must acquire that experience. and to learn from their more experienced and powerful navies. . .
It needs their trade .
And it needs allies--friends like the dynamic Republic of Haven and the Andermani Empire.
She knows that whatever some of her subjects think, Manticore needs a navy.
The Star Kingdom isn\'t certain who is attacking it or why, but Queen Elizabeth I knows she has to find out.
BOOK FOUR IN THE NATIONALLY BEST-SELLING MANTICORE ASCENDANT SERIES, SET IN THE WORLD OF David WEBER\'S MULTIPLE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING HONORVERSE SERIES Yesterday, the Star Kingdom of Manticore was a small, unimportant interstellar backwater with no navy, but today, Manticore has become a target
