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Title: Honor Among Enemies (Honor Harrington Series, Book 6) by David Weber ISBN: 0-671-87783-6 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Cliche? Or not?
Comment: 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.
Rating: 4
Summary: Another winner from David Weber
Comment: Another excellent book in the Honor Harrington series. Well written with good character development. The only problem is how much more can the main character do? The entire series has been great, but each new novel requires Honor to do bigger and bigger things, which is beginning to put a strain on the credibilty. Still, a good read especially to all Starfire players
Rating: 5
Summary: Book six is a ten!
Comment: 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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Title: The Short Victorious War (Honor Harrington Series, Book 3) by David Weber ISBN: 0743435516 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Ashes of Victory (Honor Harrington Series, Book 9) by David Weber, David Mattingly ISBN: 0671578545 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Honor of the Queen by David Weber ISBN: 0743435729 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: On Basilisk Station by David Weber ISBN: 0743435710 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: War of Honor by David Weber ISBN: 0743471679 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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