Honor Harrington has escaped from the prison planet called Hell and has returned to the Manticoran Alliance with almost half a million freed prisoners. "The Salamander" once more finds herself at the heart of war, but this time the furnace may be too hot for even a salamander to survive. "Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!"--Anne McCaffrey.
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"Why in Christ's name can the woman never bring a ship back intact?" muses Hamish Alexander at the triumphant return of Honor Harrington in Ashes of Victory, the apparent resurrection of a woman he'd seen executed by the Peeps some two years earlier. Yep, she's back: minus a left arm and an eye, minus a few inches of hair, and more than a little banged up in the process, the indestructible, ever-resilient Honor is back from the dead--and she's got some 400,000 liberated POWs from Hades in tow for good measure.
Picking up where Echoes of Honor left off, the ecstatic reunion that begins Ashes proves short-lived as Honor once again lives up to her nickname of "The Salamander," always ending up where the fire's hottest. In the longest book of this naval space-opera series, David Weber plunges his beloved heroine (now an admiral!) into a thick tangle of political plots, as she takes on a more mature, behind-the-scenes role than in previous books. But don't fret: there's still some good action as HH prevents an assassination attempt and Manticore and its allies test-drive their new weaponry. And quite a few characters get what's coming to them too, including a few who drop like picked-off Peeps. All in all, yet another worthy installment in the series--check out On Basilisk Station first if you're new to HH. --Paul Hughes
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The new Honor Harrington novel is the longest yet, but justifies its length and complexity by greatly advancing the story of Honor and her universe. Honor has triumphally returned from Hades, at the head of a fleet of liberated POWs. Her reward is to become an admiral, a duchess, and a billionaire. She also becomes an elder sister of twins and, since Nimitz has lost some of his telepathy to war wounds, helps the ever delightful treecats learn signing, thereby proving they are fully sapient. But the war goes on, and the Star Kingdom's superior technology and training increasingly give it the advantage, despite the People's Republic of Haven's efforts to catch up. After several years, the kingdom is approaching total victory, and the "Peeps" must purge the last ideologues on the Committee of Public Safety to maintain any hope of survival. Factor in Honor's personal and professional dilemmas, realistic R&D and procurement problems, spine-tingling action, and the series' usual dry wit, and it is clear that Weber has produced another mandatory acquisition. Roland Green
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Format:Hardcover
Please note, I went to college with David Weber, forewarned is forearmed.
Honor is back from the dead, but without an arm and an eye she can't fight. She can, however, teach. She has the first native born Grayson female middy as a student, as well as the responsibility of restructuring The Crusher curriculum. Nimitz can't talk to his fellow cats(his telepathy speaker is broke), so Honor's Mom suggests sign language as a cure, and now even the sceptics must acknowledge thats cats are as smart as humans. The Peeps are still in charge on the frontlines of the war pushing the alliance back, but McQueen is in trouble over St. Just's paranoia about her. Manticore and the Graysons have some new secret weapons that they belive will win the war.
OK, is that enough excitment for you? Although it isn't my favorite book in the series, it is well written; but, this book seems to be the start where editors start losing control of David. Repeated descriptions of the same thing start creaping in to his writing. To the good, we become more familiar with the royal families of Manticore and Grayson, and learn more about key figures in the Peeps navy. If you haven't read any of the Honor Harrinton series start with On Basilisk Station and read all 11 of the novels. The 4 short story books are also good, but they aren't needed to apreciate the novels. They do however expand the whole Honorverse.
Format:Hardcover
Okay,so the Honor worship can get redundant and then what happens to the Bad Penny made me a little sad.However,life goes goes on even if that means Honor gets a desk job.Do you really think that after escaping from Hades,the Manticoran Navy would put her back in a ship(Especially if they want it to come back in one piece,but in all fairness its never her fault).I do have one suggestion for Weber,could you include more ground combat that is as in-depth as your space battles?
By Detra Fitch
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Format:Hardcover
Much of the book has to do with politics, the healing of Nimitz and Honor, and Honor having to deal with all the problems of coming back from the dead. She finds much embarrassing. Readers find much satisfaction!
Readers will also be excited to see all that happens to the Peeps and the manipulative bas...uh, citizens who govern them. There are not as many battle scenes as in previous books, but let's face it, Honor is coming back as medical mess and healing takes awhile. But just because she is only involved in one actual space battle, does not mean you won't see the Manicorian and Grayson Navy kick some serious butt!
All-in-all, another winner by David Weber!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good book (not counting the 350 pages of Honor worship)
If you can get through the first 300 pages of people kissing up to Honor, people repeating how amazing Honor is, pages upon pages about Honor's treecat, and endless pages about... Read more
Published on Oct 30 2003 by Jason S Robinson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bravo!
The latest installment of Honor Harrington has hit the shelves for all of us who are addicted! Much of the book has to do with politics, the healing of Nimitz and Honor, and Honor... Read more
Published on Oct 23 2003 by Detra Fitch
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad, but not as good as the early books
I like the Honor Harrington series a lot, but this book is starting to burn me out with the treecats and the new technology and the politics. Read more
Published on Oct 10 2002 by Dan Lee
3.0 out of 5 stars
Too Fragmented and Wandering
Probably my least favorite of the Honor Harrington books. While Weber tries to expand on his universe, and make it focus an things other then Honor, it seems to jump from point to... Read more
Published on Oct 2 2002 by Kimberly Rieck
5.0 out of 5 stars
Honor back from the dead
David Weber scores again with the highly anticipated ninth book of the Honor Harrigton series. I enjoyed this book a lot. Read more
Published on July 1 2002 by "samwp"
5.0 out of 5 stars
FIVE STARS IS NOT ENOUGH
I feel that I must set the record straight. At the time that i read the reviews here I was disgusted by the fools who say this is a bad book they have ABSOLUTELY no appreciation... Read more
Published on May 10 2002
2.0 out of 5 stars
I hate myself for reading these books
I wish I could say that reading the HH is like eating candy -- momentary pleasure followed by guilt. No, most of the time I don't even get the pleasure. Read more
Published on April 19 2002 by trjeannette
1.0 out of 5 stars
barely adequate
I enjoyed each and every one of the Honour Harrington series - before this book but oh what a disappointment "Ashes of Victory" is compared to all his previous in the... Read more
Published on Feb 14 2002
1.0 out of 5 stars
really, really, trite
this book makes me wish I owned an sort of incidiary device that could properly take this out of circulation. Read more
Published on Feb 5 2002 by James Tracy
3.0 out of 5 stars
Takes a while to get going
Honor Harrington returns, both in this book and to her home, having escaped the clutches of the Havenites. Read more
Published on Jan 31 2002 by Kevin W. Parker
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