The Short Victorious War

Honor Harrington, Book 3

By: David Weber

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

The families who rule the People's Republic of Haven are in trouble. The treasury's empty, the Proles are restless, and civil war is imminent.

But the ruling class knows what they need to keep in power: a "short victorious war" to unite the people and fill the treasury once more. It's a card they've played often in the last half-century, always successfully, and all that stands in their way is the Star Kingdom of Manticore and its threadbare allies: enemies in the past who have always backed down.

Only this time the Peeps face something different. This time they're up against Captain Honor Harrington and a Royal Manticoran Navy that's prepared to give them a war that's far from short - or victorious.

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.

©2002 David Weber (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

Another great book in the series.

If your reading this series you will love this book. It's a little different from the first two but the story is developing nicely and I can't wait to get to the next book.

awesome book

the story is great, right along with his other books, safehold. Also reminds me of Jack Campbell's books lost fleet.

Loved it!

Good mix of action, theory, and dialogue. Weber has set the foundation for a very exciting series about a universe gone mad.

Great!!

No one captures Honor better than Ms. Jonhson. A solid story with a great narration.

Fleet Action

This book still keeps Honor Harrington firmly in it's sights, but it also get more solidly into fleet actions. This also finally gives a deeper look into the 'Peeps' internal politics. Solid book.

Very good

The title says it all, a very good book and addition to the series. I would definitely recommend this one.

Is Haven just Soviet spelled sideways?

Being a 20th century history buff, I kept imagining parallels to 20th century Earth politics, but taking a different path in places, that could easily have occurred.
Allyson is a gifted narrator - the standard by which I judge other narrators. ( I have over 500 narrated books)

Good Story; Narration a little off

Well written enjoyable story with interesting characters and plenty of action. I was just a little disappointed in the narration. Seemed a little stilted with emphisis not necessarily in the right spots. I thought it might just be a matter of my getting used to it, but still had the same impression of the narration at the end of the book.

A short victorious war

David Weber always writes a good book you learn more and more as you re-read them

Great voices!

Starts out slow but picks up later. Allyson Johnson 's different character voices are great!