Mission of Honor: Honor Harrington, Book 12

By: David Weber

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

The Star Kingdom of Manticore and the Republic of Haven have been enemies for Honor Harrington's entire life, and she has paid a price for the victories she's achieved in that conflict. And now the unstoppable juggernaut of the mighty Solarian League is on a collision course with Manticore. The millions who have already died may have been only a foretaste of the billions of casualties just over the horizon, and Honor sees it coming.

She's prepared to do anything, risk anything, to stop it, and she has a plan that may finally bring an end to the Havenite Wars and give even the Solarian League pause. But there are things not even Honor knows about. There are forces in play, hidden enemies in motion, all converging on the Star Kingdom of Manticore to crush the very life out of it, and Honor's worst nightmares fall short of the oncoming reality. But Manticore's enemies may not have thought of everything after all. Because if everything Honor Harrington loves is going down to destruction, it won't be going alone.

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.

©2010 David Weber (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Weber… combines realistic, engaging characters with intelligent technological projection and a deep understanding of military bureaucracy in the long-awaited 12th Honor Harrington novel….Fans of this venerable space opera will rejoice to see Honor back in action.” ( Publishers Weekly)

The threads come together...

I am very impressed with the way the threads running through this series seem to be coming together. I only wish it was longer! :)

Outstanding! Action, romance, and intrigue. The best HH so far!

This book makes up for a lot of the slowness and dead spots that have been part of previous books in the series. Huge movement on the plot, and a number of truly memorable scenes. Webber‘s ability to target emotions is an all-time high in this book. Great stuff! Now, please finish the series!!

Much Better

I had begun to lose faith in David Weber. The last few books of his that I had read seemed to lack completeness. They were more like parts of an ongoing soap opera than actual novels. I was very cheered to read this book and find closure of plot lines that had dragged on for the last several books. To me this book was much more like the earlier Honor Harrington novels that I had fallen in love with.

Great series, but .......

If you could sum up Mission of Honor: Honor Harrington, Book 12 in three words, what would they be?

Entertaining, too detailed

What was one of the most memorable moments of Mission of Honor: Honor Harrington, Book 12?

The performance was extraordinary, she gives each character their own voice.

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

Well done as usual.

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

It is a space opera!

Any additional comments?

I'll continue to read, but a little less attention to detail might help.

WOW. Classic Weber

a great instalment in the Honor Harrington series, or at this point the "honorverse". This book ties up a large number of loose ends as well as moving the story along to what will be its ultimate finale. David can't write fast enough for me.
you have space battles politics and all the things you love about davids writing here. enjoy

Great series.

At first I was having trouble with the series. It seemed like it was getting too deep into everything but as I got farther into the series, the better I liked it. The narrator slipped from time to time on the gender of the characters but all in all once I got used to her it was fine. I'm looking forward to getting more of Webers books.

About reviews of Mission Of Honor

I am new to the series and have just read or listened to all 12 books. I have not read the related books so yes this book was way out on a limb for me because despite all the words I mostly did not understand what was going on with the new characters and their evil intent. That may be my own fault but there was no way for me to know I needed to read those books first.
That being said I wonder at the reviews others wrote for this story.
I like the reader, she has read all 12 books and so the characters have been voice set since book 1. Why would she change anything in book 12? All the books have been wordy with lots of detail so that is not new either so I do not get these reviews that say ......they have read all his books but this last one is to wordy, to many details, the reader's voices are wrong?
Ok just my opinion...
Lyn

Amazing story

Webber brings the honor story full circle with his great depth and rich sense of style the story continues to delight readers

As expected

Good book in line with the whole series. Weber is his usual self. Since I skipped the recent non-Honor stories (don't care for the spinoffs) I was quite lost at first since this builds more off them than it does off the last Honor book (At all Costs).

I really don't like the narrator's nasal voice and the mushy way she slurs words into each other. Her British and French accents however are great, though sometimes they seem to slip.

Worth the wait

Damn... Weber is getting better. This one takes the series to new places and promises much more to come. The writing is much more exciting and in audiobook form... this one is actually thrilling..... I loved it.