Crown of Slaves

If you want Military Sci-Phi or Honor skip this book. If you want high action, intrigue, and great characters buy it last week. David, the last 2 books have dragged a little bit. It seemes that Eric has forced you to tighten up your story telling. Repitition is way down; the number of key characters in the book are down; and, action and story development are way up. Please keep this up. This is a spy novel. Most of the... Read Full Review

David Weber and Eric Flint have wrought yet another thrilling installment of the "Honorverse", which can be seen as a prequel to "War of Honor", setting the stage for Erewhon's defection from the Manticoran Alliance to the Republic of Haven. It is being advertised as the start of yet another series set in the Honorverse. Havenite secret agent Victor Cachat arrives on Erewhon to cultivate possible ties between it and the Republic... Read Full Review

The universe in which Crown of Slaves is set is as epic and complex as any ever created for fiction. So far more than a dozen novels and short stories have been wrung out of it with no sign of slowing down. Fans will certainly hope the franchise keeps going. The fact that the founding character Honor Harrington has only a cameo role in Chapter 40 should not stop any fan of the series from thoroughly enjoying this story. Almost... Read Full Review

Arthur Jordin's synopsis of "Crown of Slaves" is spot-on. However, all the characters and groups and kingdoms and planets he names make me want to echo the intro to an old daytime comedy soap opera from the 1970s: "Confused? You won't be, after watching this episode of 'Soap.' " What I like about this novel is the much-needed break from the career of Honor Harrington. The "Honorverse" has steadily become richer with development,... Read Full Review