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In this sixth outing, Honor is invited to rejoin the Royal Manticoran Navy at the instigation of some of her worst enemies. The RMN has withdrawn from the Silesian Confederacy in an effort to focus on its war with the People's Republic of Haven and the shipping cartels have been losing vessels: cargo, crews and all. Klaus Hauptmann sees a glorious opportunity: invite Honor to command the Q-ships which will draw pirate and privateer fire. If she dies, great; if she succeeds, even better.

Honor and her companion Nimitz find unexpected friends (and enemies) along the way, and fans of this series' space battles will not be disappointed. In addition to a better glimpse of the Silesian systems, we finally get to meet a few of the Andermani.

Want to read more about Honor? Read about Honor's early career in On Basilisk Station, her first encounter with the Graysons in The Honor of the Queen, the beginning of the war with the Peeps in The Short, Victorious War, the continuing story of treachery at home in Field of Dishonor, and her ignominous exile (or training to be an Admiral?) in Flag in Exile. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Packing enough punch to blast a starship to smithereens, the first hardcover in Weber's Honor Harrington series (Field of Dishonor, etc.) includes such an abundance of tactical and political maneuvering that only fierce fans of military SF are likely to remain enthralled. Honor, the finest and most daring admiral in the Royal Manticoran Navy, had been forcibly retired for political reasons. Now, though, with space pirates dogging and destroying merchant freighters, the Navy calls her back into action. Along with her telepathic tree-cat, Nimitz, Honor boards the Wayfarer, a starship crammed with weapons, young, untried officers and a most motley crew. Honor must not only battle pirates but also keep the bullies on the crew from gnawing away at the morale, and the lives, of her newbie officers. The technical detail and lengthy battle scenes may try some readers' patience. Still, Weber peoples his ships with fine, brave youngsters, adding depth to what is otherwise a high-gloss space opera.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Book six is a ten!, Jan 12 2003

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This review is from: HONOR AMONG ENEMIES HONOR HARRINGTON VI (Mass Market Paperback)

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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4.0 out of 5 stars Honor Harrington 6 -The Win -Win Lose Situation, Mar 27 2002

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Norman "Defender Of The Week Collector Of The... (philadelphia, PA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HONOR AMONG ENEMIES HONOR HARRINGTON VI (Mass Market Paperback)

In HH6 (Honor Among Enemies) Honor's Critics Have decided to bring her back to fix a situation no else wants to do.(If she succeds they look good, if she fails they get rid of her) Given an untested Ship as well as an Untested crew. Honor must patrol a section of space overrun by pirates. Meanwhile the peeps are also in the area for their own reasons. The PRH(people's Republic of Haven) is having problems of their own. In the PRH a literal DO OR DIE Philosophy starting where the captain has to do his job(win) or Die. When a Honorable Peep Captain goes to the rescue of a commercial ship he finds a suprise in store and so does Honor. The Title you'll find refers to the relationship between the two captains. a good read but if you're not use to Weber by now you'll never be.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cliche? Or not?, Feb 10 2001

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Daniel C. Sobral (Brasilia, DF, Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HONOR AMONG ENEMIES HONOR HARRINGTON VI (Mass Market Paperback)

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.

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