Echoes of Honor

Honor Harrington, Book 8

By: David Weber

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Length: 27 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

For eight bloody years, the Star Kingdom of Manticore and its allies have taken the war to the vastly more powerful People's Republic of Haven, and Commodore Honor Harrington has been in the forefront of that war. But now Honor has fallen, captured by the Peep Navy, turned over to the forces of State Security - and executed on the interstellar network's nightly news. The Manticoran Alliance is stunned and infuriated by Honor's death and grimly resolved to avenge it. But its military is over-extended and the People's Republic is poised to take the offensive once more. The war is about to enter a phase of unprecedented ferocity, and the Alliance is on the short end of the stick. But even as powerful Peep fleets hurtle towards their objectives, neither they nor the Alliance are aware of events occurring on a distant, isolated, inescapable prison planet called Hell. For what no one knows, not even State Security, is that Honor Harrington is not dead. She and a handful of her people are trapped on Hell, and determined to disprove the Peep boast that no one can ever escape it. Honor Harrington is going home, and taking her people with her - even if she has to conquer Hell to do it.

A Note from Author David Weber
There's been some confusion—not to say, um, energetic debate, readers and fans being readers and fans—about the correct pronunciation of "Manticoran." The truth, alas, is that a stitch was dropped. An error occurred. A mistake was made… and it wasn't Audible's fault. It was mine. Before Audible recorded the very first Honor Harrington book, narrator Allyson Johnson and I not only corresponded by e-mail but actually spoke to one another by phone. She wanted to make absolutely certain she had the correct pronunciations for names, places, star nations, etc., and I tried to make certain all of her questions were answered. And so they were. Unfortunately, at some point in the process, I replied to one of her e-mails by telling her that "Man-ti-core-ahn" was pronounced "Man-tik-er-ahn." Exactly how this happened is more than I can say at this point, except to blushingly disclose that the original e-mail remains intact, confirming to all the world that it was, indeed, my fault. I can ascribe it only to a temporary mental hiccup on my part and crave your forgiveness. If, however, you must blame someone for the mix-up, that someone should be me and not Audible, who have done everything they could to get it right.

Listen to another Honor Harrington adventure.

©1999 David Weber (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"[ Echoes of Honor] produces its usual quota of high drama, political intrigue, and military adventure set in a richly detailed far future. This example of space opera at its very best belongs in most sf collections." ( Library Journal)
"It is impossible not to be entertained, delighted, even enthralled by this splendid piece of storytelling." ( Booklist)

Very glad to have read this book.

It was a very fulfilling story. A difficult challenge with an amazing mix of camaraderie. I wish more of these lessons would be sent to others in real life.

Fantastic book and the best of the series so far.

If you liked the previous books you will like this one even more.
Now onto the next book.

Wow

Let me put it this way...... You can hear even the narrator tear up at the end of this book.

Excellent

That's it. It's all excellent. The only thing that bothers me the the narrator's pronunciation of Manticoran as Man-TIC-oran, rather than Man-ti-COR-an, but that's probably just me.

An explosive adventure

One of the best in the series so far! If you like well-written characters and a page-turning story, this is the book for you.

Honor Harrington, I presume

I recently listened to Echoes of Honor written by David Weber and narrated by Allyson Johnson.

This is the eighth book in the core Honor Harrington series.  While I will do my best to avoid spoiling previous books in the series, it's simply not possible to do a review of this book without providing a few spoilers. Consider yourself to have been warned!

Honor Harrington is dead! Isn't she? I mean the Havenites think so, the Manticorans think so, even her adopted planet of Grayson thinks so. It's a known fact. Sometimes, it turns out, the facts are wrong.

Honor Harrington and a small crew of escaped prisoners have secretly managed to land on the secretive Havenite State Security's home planet of Hell. Hell is a prison planet for the worst of the worst. Only the most problematic of prisoners and political prisoners, who are never seen again, are dropped here. Honor Harrington, however, doesn't intend to let a few things like impossibilities stop her. She just has a prison planet she'll have to bust free of.

Narration: Allyson Johnson's crisp and clear accent cracks with military efficiency as it gives Honor and her crew life in these pages. It's a performance worthy of a salute.

Conclusion: This is another great entry into the Honor Harrington series. It's different than most Honor Harrington books as, for obvious reasons, most of the book is focused on her activities on a single planet rather than vast space naval combat's. Anyone who has enjoyed the Honor Harrington series will enjoy this.

Honor returns

Well the peeps thought that she was dead and gone. How wrong they were, the prison planet hades may have been at one time the safest place to hide their prisoners. But it would never hold Honour for long.

Brilliant

They just do not get any better than this. Space opera at it's best. Thank you David Weber.

Short on action. Long on political drama

Like a skinny action sandwich with thick slabs of politics. As usual, the good bits make up for the tedious bits. It’s not that the politics are uninteresting, but it’s not epic battles and stirring leadership. Still, any HH is better than no HH.

This is an amazing series!

Would you listen to Echoes of Honor again? Why?

Yes! Most definitely. This book was an exciting listen.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I like them all.

Have you listened to any of Allyson Johnson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have listend to this complete series so far and she has done an outstanding jod.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Just and all around good book.