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The stories in the collection are not all written by David Weber, in fact only one was.
Nonetheless, they are all about the things that happen in Honor Harrington's universe . . .
dubbed the "Honorverse" by David and his publisher.
The first story, "Promised Land," is about Crown Prince Michael Winton's
middy cruise. He's sent to Masada (Grayson's former enemy) where he's assigned to a
diplomatic mission that nearly gets him killed. Anyone who's been paying attention
realizes that he appears in David's books further along the time-line. So, this isn't
really a spoiler, since its known that he survives. How he does it, I'll leave it to
the reader to find out. Suffice it to say that he passes his middy cruise. We have Jane
Lindskold to thank for this one.
Timothy Zahn brings us, "With One Stone," a story about the RMN's intelligence
community (ONI). Although Honor Harrington is in this one, her tac officer Rafael Cardones is the
main character. It is believed that the Havenites are using a grav lance to waylay Manticorian
shipping. Rafe is the only person in the RMN to have used one in combat. He gets spirited off
on a secret mission to find out what its all about.
"A Ship Named Francis," by John Ringo and Victor Mitchell tells the story of
an obsolete ship coming apart at the seams (in more ways than one). The insanity is reminiscent of
the Korean War's M.A.S.H.
John Ringo's solo story, "Let's Go to Prague," is even crazier. Once again
its about those wacky guys in ONI. This time they get completely out of control.
Eric Flint's story, "Fanatic" is about a young Havenite State Security officer who's
way too up-tight for his own good. He, of course, uses this fact to survive the change in
haven's government. The whole thing is as crazy -- in its own way -- as the Manticorean ONI escapade
in "Let's Go to Prague."
Last in the collection is some of David Weber's own work: "The Service of theSword."
This story is about the middy cruise of Grayson's first female officer Abigail Hearns. Unfortunately,
her cruise is aboard a RMN ship at a time when relations are very strained between the Star Kingdom
and Grayson. Worse, she's assigned to a ship whose commander seems likely to be antagonistic. Since
she appears to be Honor's leading protegé, the outcome should not be in doubt.
A tasty morsel to whet our appetite for the next Honor Harrington novel . . .
'Til Next Month,
Happy Reading
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