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4.0étoiles sur 5
A Good Grayson Tale, Déc 21 2003
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Step by step, Honor Harrington moves up in the world. In the last book, Field of Dischonor, Honor finally defeated her nemesis, Pavel Young (Earl North Hollow), once and for all. Also, Denver Summervale, the mass murderer from the first books, finally bites off more than he can chew.But, alas, though the Queen, Prime Minister, and Naval Brass support Honor privately, politics dictates sending her away to please the opposition in the House of Lords. So, without a command, she goes to Grayson to take an active role in running her steading. Naturally, there are still malcontents like the crazy cleric Marchant and the steadholders Mueller and Burdette who would just love to kill her off and turn back the clock. Then, to top it all off, the Havenites have decided to invade Grayson again. Fortunately, Admiral Matthews and Protector Mayhew decide to give control of their growing fleet to Honor, and the Peeps will never know what hit them... This is a great book, the culmination of all before. With north Hollow out of the way, Honor now takes on Grayson society and struggles to prove that she is not only a hero in war but in peace as well. Honor is good as always, but, like in the last novels, I enjoyed even more reading about her friends and colleagues. In the last book it was the Queen and White Haven as well as Henke, McKeon and crew (especially the security chief). Now the spotlight is also on Clinkscales and Major LaFollet as well as the engineers of the Sky Dome Project, Protector Mayhew and High Admiral Matthews, and Reverend Hanks. It is great when Harrington discovers that her flag captain will be none other than former Peep Captain Alfredo Yu (then also finds out her chief of staff is Mercedes Bingham). All of these characters shine. Mueller, Burdette, and Marchant are just as rotten as Pavel Young ever was, and danger after danger confronts Harrington from the war with Haven to the Sky Dome Project to wrangling with rival steadholders. Of course, Honor will come out on top: it is the journey there that is the most exciting. So read this book...
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de David Weber
de DAVID WEBER
de DAVID WEBER
de David Weber
de David Weber
